nim vs nur, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nim” is an intj and “nur” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,127
“nim” frequency rank: #35,702
“nur” frequency rank: 77829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nim	nur
Definition	expressa não e sim	apenas, somente, meramente

Letter map: nim vs nur

Shared letters muted; letters that set nim and nur apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. nim and nur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch

nim

3 ch

nur

Role in the sentence - nim and nur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nim is anintj and nuranadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nim is recorded at frequency rank #42,127, classified as anintj. nur is at rank #35,702, tagged as anadv, pronounced /nuːɐ̯/.

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 77829, this pair ranks #1,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nim vs nur

Shared letters: n. Private to "nim": im. Private to "nur": ru.

"nim" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nur" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nim" and "nur" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nim" is an intj and "nur" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nim" or "nur" show up more?

"nur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,702 in our Portuguese list, against #42,127 for "nim". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "nim" vs "nur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "nim" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nim" and "nur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nami vs nim". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.