Which to use
“Ni” is an abbrev and “nimm” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,906
- “Ni” frequency rank
- #2,916
- “nimm” frequency rank
- 13822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Ni | nimm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nickel | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nehmen |
Letter map: Ni vs nimm
Shared letters muted; letters that set Ni and nimm apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Ni runs 2 letters (CV) against nimm's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Ni / nimm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ni is anabbrev and nimmaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Ni” sits inside “nimm”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Ni is recorded at frequency rank #10,906, classified as anabbrev. nimm is at rank #2,916, tagged as averb, pronounced [nɪm].
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 13822, this pair ranks #1,955,449 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Ni vs nimm
Shared letters: in. Private to "Ni": -. Private to "nimm": m.
"Ni" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nimm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nimm ← inmm · nim · nmim · nnimm
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Ni" for "nimm" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Ni" vs "nimm" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Ni" and "nimm".
- Full dictionary entry for "Ni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nimm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,955,449 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Ni" and "nimm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ni vs nox". 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 #1,955,449 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.