# neither vs nether

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### neither
*determiner · IPA /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ · frequency rank #1,767*
Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.

### nether
*adjective · IPA /nɛð.ə/ · frequency rank #32,937*
Lower; under.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neither-vs-nether