# nigh vs night

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nigh
*adjective · IPA /naɪ/ · frequency rank #21,298*
Near, close by.

### night
*noun · IPA /naɪt/ · frequency rank #221*
The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.

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