# niece vs Nieto

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### niece
*noun · IPA /niːs/ · frequency rank #9,371*
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

### Nieto
*name · frequency rank #34,206*
A surname from Spanish.

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