# Not vs now

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### now
*adverb · IPA /naʊ/ · frequency rank #5,122*
agora

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