noi vs noz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#36,563
“noi” frequency rank: #22,733
“noz” frequency rank: 59296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	noi	noz
Definition	nós	o fruto (drupa) da nogueira de miolo muito apreciado

Letter map: noi vs noz

Shared letters muted; letters that set noi and noz apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. noi (CVV) and noz (CVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch

noi

3 ch

noz

Grammar separator: noi vs noz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: noi is apronoun and nozanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “noi” becomes z in “noz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

noi is recorded at frequency rank #36,563, 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 59296, this pair ranks #8,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of noi vs noz

Shared letters: no. Private to "noi": i. Private to "noz": z.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "noi" and "noz" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Which is more common, "noi" or "noz"?

"noz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,733 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.

After this comparison

Pair "noi" vs "noz" 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 "noz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #8,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"noi" and "noz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noi vs noon". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #8,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.