nexovsnoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: nexo is a noun, no is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nexo” is a noun and “no” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,736
“nexo” frequency rank
#15
“no” frequency rank
24751
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nexo no
Definition relação e sentido lógicos; ligação, conexão forma enclítica do pronome o quando precedido de forma verbal terminada em som nasal

Letter map: nexo vs no

Shared letters muted; letters that set nexo and no apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
nexo
2 ch
no

Part-of-speech tell for nexo / no

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nexo is anoun and noapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nexo is recorded at frequency rank #24,736, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɛ.ksu/. no is at rank #15, tagged as apron.

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 24751, this pair ranks #44,772 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nexo vs no

Shared letters: no. Private to "nexo": ex. Private to "no": -.

"nexo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "no" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nexoenxo · neox · nexxo · nnexo · nxeo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nexo" and "no" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nexo" is a noun and "no" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nexo" or "no" show up more?
"no" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15 in our Portuguese list, against #24,736 for "nexo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "nexo" and "no". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nexo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "no" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,772 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nexo" and "no" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nena vs nexo". 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 #44,772 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list