# nic vs Nils

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### nic
*pronoun · IPA [ɲit͡s] · frequency rank #33,733*
nichts

### Nils
*name · IPA [niːls] · frequency rank #7,088*
männlicher Vorname

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