Which to use
“nessa” is a contraction and “névoa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #524
- “nessa” frequency rank
- #22,103
- “névoa” frequency rank
- 22627
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nessa | névoa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo essa | nevoeiro pouco denso |
Where the eye mixes nessa and névoa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. nessa (CVCCV) and névoa (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: nessa vs névoa
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nessa is /ˈnɛ.sɐ/ while névoa is /ˈnɛ.vwɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nessa is recorded at frequency rank #524, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈnɛ.sɐ/. névoa is at rank #22,103, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɛ.vwɐ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 22627, this pair ranks #47,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nessa vs névoa
Shared letters: an. Private to "nessa": es. Private to "névoa": ové.
"nessa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "névoa" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nessa ← enssa · nesa · nesas · nnessa · nsesa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nessa" and "névoa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nessa" or "névoa" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "nessa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "névoa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nessa" and "névoa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nena vs névoa". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #47,370 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.