nua vs num, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nua” is an adjective and “num” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,808
“nua” frequency rank: #234
“num” frequency rank: 8042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nua	num
Definition	feminino de nu	o mesmo que não

Letter map: nua vs num

Shared letters muted; letters that set nua and num apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

nua

3 ch

num

Grammar separator: nua vs num

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nua is anadjective and numanadverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “nua” becomes m in “num”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nua is recorded at frequency rank #7,808, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈnu.ɐ/. num is at rank #234, tagged as anadv.

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 8042, this pair ranks #65,887 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nua vs num

Shared letters: nu. Private to "nua": a. Private to "num": m.

"nua" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "num" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nua" for "num" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nua" is an adjective and "num" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "nua" vs "num" - which ranks higher?

"num" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #234 in our Portuguese list, against #7,808 for "nua". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "nua" and "num". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "nua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "num" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #65,887 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nua" and "num" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nua vs null". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,887 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.