# kicks vs Knicks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kicks
*noun · IPA /kɪks/ · frequency rank #6,371*
plural of kick

### Knicks
*name · frequency rank #12,265*
The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

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