# Ne vs nie

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ne
*abbrev · frequency rank #322*
Neon

### nie
*adverb · IPA [niː] · frequency rank #199*
zu keiner Zeit, zu keinem Zeitpunkt

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ne-vs-nie