nota vs noutra, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nota” is a noun and “noutra” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#873
“nota” frequency rank: #15,632
“noutra” frequency rank: 16505
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nota	noutra
Definition	papel-moeda	contração da preposição em com o pronome indefinido outra

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set nota and noutra apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

nota

6 ch

noutra

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nota is /ˈnɔ.tɐ/ while noutra is /ˈnow.tɾɐ/ [ˈnoʊ̯.tɾɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nota is recorded at frequency rank #873, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɔ.tɐ/. noutra is at rank #15,632, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈnow.tɾɐ/ [ˈnoʊ̯.tɾɐ].

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 16505, this pair ranks #54,999 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nota vs noutra

Shared letters: anot. Private to "nota": -. Private to "noutra": ru.

"nota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "noutra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

nota ← nnota · noat · notta · ntoa · onta
noutra ← nnoutra · notura · nourta · noutar · noutrra · nouttra · nuotra · onutra

Frequency comparison

nota#873

noutra#15,632

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nota" and "noutra" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "nota" or "noutra"?

"nota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #873 in our Portuguese list, against #15,632 for "noutra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering nota vs noutra

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “nota”; for a contraction, it's “noutra”.
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