Which to use
“ni” is a pronoun and “nu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,234
- “ni” frequency rank
- #5,663
- “nu” frequency rank
- 13897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ni | nu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nós, pronome da segunda pessoa do plural | despido, em pelo, sem roupas |
Letter map: ni vs nu
Shared letters muted; letters that set ni and nu apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for ni / nu
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ni is apronoun and nuanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “ni” becomes u in “nu”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ni is recorded at frequency rank #8,234, classified as apron. nu is at rank #5,663, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈnu/.
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 13897, this pair ranks #58,317 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ni vs nu
Shared letters: n. Private to "ni": i. Private to "nu": u.
"ni" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nu" · 2 letters · shape CV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ni" and "nu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ni" vs "nu" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "ni" vs "nu" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,317 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ni" and "nu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nami vs ni". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #58,317 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.