# Not vs nous

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### Not
*noun · IPA /noːt/ · frequency rank #3,924*
necessidade

### nous
*pronoun · IPA /nu/ · frequency rank #31,892*
nós, nos, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do plural.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/not-vs-nous