# nicked vs Nickels

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nicked
*verb · IPA /nɪkt/ · frequency rank #40,359*
simple past and past participle of nick

### Nickels
*name · frequency rank #38,069*
A surname originating as a patronymic.

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