Which to use
“nom” is a noun and “nous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,251
- “nom” frequency rank
- #31,892
- “nous” frequency rank
- 53143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nom | nous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nome | nós, nos, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do plural. |
Letter map: nom vs nous
Shared letters muted; letters that set nom and nous apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for nom / nous
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nom is anoun and nousapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nom is recorded at frequency rank #21,251, classified as anoun. nous is at rank #31,892, tagged as apron, pronounced /nu/.
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 53143, this pair ranks #12,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nom vs nous
Shared letters: no. Private to "nom": m. Private to "nous": su.
"nom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nous ← nnous · nosu · nouss · nuos · onus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nom" and "nous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nom" or "nous" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "nom" and "nous". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "nom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nom" and "nous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noon vs nous". 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 #12,255 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.