no vs noz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#15
“no” frequency rank: #22,733
“noz” frequency rank: 22748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	no	noz
Definition	forma enclítica do pronome o quando precedido de forma verbal terminada em som nasal	o fruto (drupa) da nogueira de miolo muito apreciado

Letter map: no vs noz

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

2 ch

3 ch

noz

Grammar separator: no vs noz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: no is apronoun and nozanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “no” sits inside “noz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

no is recorded at frequency rank #15, classified as apron. noz is at rank #22,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɔʃ/.

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 22748, this pair ranks #47,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of no vs noz

Shared letters: no. Private to "no": -. Private to "noz": z.

"no" · 2 letters · shape CV · "noz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "no" and "noz" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "no" is a pronoun and "noz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "no" or "noz" show up more?

"no" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15 in our Portuguese list, against #22,733 for "noz". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "no" vs "noz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "no" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "noz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #47,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"no" and "noz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noon vs noz". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #47,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.