# nicks vs Niko

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nicks
*noun · IPA /nɪks/ · frequency rank #26,523*
plural of nick

### Niko
*name · frequency rank #28,307*
A diminutive of the male given names Nikola, Nikolas, or Nikolaos, from Greek.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicks-vs-niko