# Nigel vs nigger

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nigel
*name · IPA /ˈnaɪd͡ʒəl/ · frequency rank #10,093*
A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.

### nigger
*noun · IPA /ˈnɪɡə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #18,375*
A black person; a person of black African descent.

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