nicevsnudeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: nice is a adjective, nude is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#10,762
“nice” frequency rank
#21,253
“nude” frequency rank
32015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nice nude
Definition amável, simpático tonalidade que semelhante à cor de pele dá impressão que se está nu na região que tal está presente

Letter map: nice vs nude

Shared letters muted; letters that set nice and nude apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
nice
4 ch
nude

Grammar separator: nice vs nude

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nice is anadjective and nudeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32015, 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/.. nude is at rank #21,253, 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 32015, this pair ranks #35,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nice vs nude

Shared letters: en. Private to "nice": ci. Private to "nude": du.

"nice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nude" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • niceince · ncie · nicce · niec · nnice
  • nudendue · nnude · nudde · nued · unde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nice" and "nude" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nice" is an adjective and "nude" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nice" or "nude" show up more?
"nice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,762 in our Portuguese list, against #21,253 for "nude". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "nice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nice" and "nude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nude vs nudes". 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 #35,910 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