# Nicola vs Nicolaus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nicola
*name · IPA [ˈnɪkola] · frequency rank #22,451*
weiblicher Vorname

### Nicolaus
*name · IPA [ˈnɪkolaʊ̯s] · frequency rank #26,981*
deutscher Nachname, Familienname

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/nicola-vs-nicolaus