nice vs noite, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nice” is an adjective and “noite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,762
“nice” frequency rank: #177
“noite” frequency rank: 10939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nice	noite
Definition	amável, simpático	período do dia entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite

Letter map: nice vs noite

Shared letters muted; letters that set nice and noite apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

nice

5 ch

noite

Grammar separator: nice vs noite

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nice is anadjective and noiteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nice is recorded at frequency rank #10,762, classified as anadj, pronounced /naɪs/.. noite is at rank #177, tagged as anoun.

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 10939, this pair ranks #62,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nice vs noite

Shared letters: ein. Private to "nice": c. Private to "noite": ot.

"nice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "noite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

nice ← ince · ncie · nicce · niec · nnice
noite ← niote · nnoite · noiet · noitte · notie · onite

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nice" and "noite" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nice" is an adjective and "noite" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "nice" vs "noite" - which ranks higher?

"noite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #177 in our Portuguese list, against #10,762 for "nice". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nice" and "noite".

Full dictionary entry for "nice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "noite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #62,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nice" and "noite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nice vs nim". 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 #62,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.