# Nils vs nous

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### nous
*pronoun · IPA [nu] · frequency rank #37,704*
wir

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