nic

[ɲit͡s]

/[ɲit͡s]/ pron

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The verdict

“nic” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,733) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#33,733
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nichts

Corpus desk

Index DE-nic · nic · German

nic · rank #33,733 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,733
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Neubeginn

Nearest frequency peer: Neubeginn (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „nic“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „nic“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nic vs NS
0% similar
nic vs nm
33% similar
nic vs NL
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nic
PropertyValue
Headwordnic
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[ɲit͡s]
Letters3
Frequency rank#33,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „nic“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).nicliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Neubeginn“ (#33,732), „nitro“ (#33,734), „nominierte“ (#33,735). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „nic“ bei #33,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nic is neighbouring look-alikes ("NS", "nm", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ɲit͡s]. Frequency #33,733 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "nichts".

nic has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NS", "nm", "NL", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nic, spelled N-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    nichts

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how nic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nic nie kupiłam.

Synonyms

figaguzik

Antonyms

coś

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nic"?
"nic" is spelled N-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is [ɲit͡s].
What does "nic" mean?
As a pronoun, "nic" means: nichts
What words are commonly confused with "nic"?
"nic" is commonly confused with "NS", "nm", "NL". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nic" is [ɲit͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nic" come from?
"nic" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

NVA#33,738ras#33,774KTM#33,688ECT#33,543

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list