# knickers vs Knicks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### knickers
*noun · IPA /ˈnɪkəz/ · frequency rank #30,857*
Knickerbockers.

### 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/knickers-vs-knicks