nudevsnurWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#21,253
“nude” frequency rank
#35,702
“nur” frequency rank
56955
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nude nur
Definition tonalidade que semelhante à cor de pele dá impressão que se está nu na região que tal está presente apenas, somente, meramente

Letter map: nude vs nur

Shared letters muted; letters that set nude and nur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nude runs 4 letters (CVCV) against nur's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
nude
3 ch
nur

Role in the sentence - nude and nur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nude is anoun and nuranadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nude is recorded at frequency rank #21,253, classified as anoun. nur is at rank #35,702, tagged as anadv, pronounced /nuːɐ̯/.

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 56955, this pair ranks #9,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nude vs nur

Shared letters: nu. Private to "nude": de. Private to "nur": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nude ← ndue · nnude · nudde · nued · unde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nude" and "nur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nude" is a noun and "nur" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nude" or "nur" show up more?
"nude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,253 in our Portuguese list, against #35,702 for "nur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "nude" vs "nur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nude" and "nur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Nauru vs nur". 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 #9,627 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