noi vs nom, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“noi” is a pronoun and “nom” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,563
“noi” frequency rank: #21,251
“nom” frequency rank: 57814
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	noi	nom
Definition	nós	nome

Letter map: noi vs nom

Shared letters muted; letters that set noi and nom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

noi

3 ch

nom

Grammar separator: noi vs nom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: noi is apronoun and nomanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “noi” becomes m in “nom”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57814, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noi is recorded at frequency rank #36,563, classified as apron. nom is at rank #21,251, 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 57814, this pair ranks #9,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of noi vs nom

Shared letters: no. Private to "noi": i. Private to "nom": m.

"noi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "nom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "noi" and "nom" be used interchangeably?

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

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "noi" or "nom" show up more?

"nom" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,251 in our Portuguese list, against #36,563 for "noi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "noi" and "nom". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "noi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #9,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"noi" and "nom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noi vs noon". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #9,109 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.