# NCIS vs NIC

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NCIS
*name · frequency rank #26,897*
Initialism of Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

### NIC
*noun · frequency rank #17,191*
Acronym of network interface card or network interface controller, used to interface a computer to a network.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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