# Nils vs nine

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### nine
*num · IPA [naɪn] · frequency rank #28,781*
neun

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