nudevsnumWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: nude is a noun, num is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,253
“nude” frequency rank
#234
“num” frequency rank
21487
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nude num
Definition tonalidade que semelhante à cor de pele dá impressão que se está nu na região que tal está presente o mesmo que não

Letter map: nude vs num

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

4 ch
nude
3 ch
num

Grammar separator: nude vs num

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nude is anoun and numanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nude is recorded at frequency rank #21,253, classified as anoun. 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 21487, this pair ranks #48,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nude vs num

Shared letters: nu. Private to "nude": de. Private to "num": m.

"nude" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "num" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nudendue · nnude · nudde · nued · unde

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nude" and "num" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nude" is a noun and "num" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nude" vs "num" - which ranks higher?
"num" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #234 in our Portuguese list, against #21,253 for "nude". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nude" and "num".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nude" 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 #48,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nude" and "num" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nude vs nudes". 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 #48,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list