noivsnoraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,563
“noi” frequency rank
#9,897
“nora” frequency rank
46460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature noi nora
Definition nós esposa do filho ou da filha

Letter map: noi vs nora

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

3 ch
noi
4 ch
nora

Role in the sentence - noi and nora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: noi is apronoun and noraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noi is recorded at frequency rank #36,563, classified as apron. nora is at rank #9,897, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/.

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 46460, this pair ranks #18,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of noi vs nora

Shared letters: no. Private to "noi": i. Private to "nora": ar.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nora ← nnora · noar · norra · nroa · onra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "noi" and "nora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "noi" is a pronoun and "nora" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "noi" or "nora"?
"nora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,897 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 "nora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "noi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "noi" and "nora" 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 #18,834 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