# nigh vs Niro

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Niro
*name · frequency rank #32,099*
A surname.

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