noivsnomeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: noi is a pronoun, nome is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#36,563
“noi” frequency rank
#153
“nome” frequency rank
36716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature noi nome
Definition nós termo para designar, distinguir ou qualificar pessoa, coisa, lugar, situação ou sentimento

Letter map: noi vs nome

Shared letters muted; letters that set noi and nome apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. noi runs 3 letters (CVV) against nome's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
noi
4 ch
nome

Role in the sentence - noi and nome

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: noi is apronoun and nomeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noi is recorded at frequency rank #36,563, classified as apron. nome is at rank #153, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈno.mɨ/.

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 36716, this pair ranks #30,034 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of noi vs nome

Shared letters: no. Private to "noi": i. Private to "nome": em.

"noi" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "nome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nome ← nmoe · nnome · noem · nomme · onme

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "noi" and "nome" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "noi" is a pronoun and "nome" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "noi" vs "nome" - which ranks higher?
"nome" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #153 in our Portuguese list, against #36,563 for "noi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "noi" vs "nome" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "noi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nome" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,034 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "noi" and "nome" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noi vs noon". 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 #30,034 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