# Nikkei vs Nikki

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nikkei
*noun · IPA /ˈniːkeɪ/ · frequency rank #44,963*
overseas ethnic Japanese person (usually has no Japanese citizenship living as citizens of other countries as immigrants or descendants of Japanese immigrants)

### Nikki
*name · IPA /ˈnɪki/ · frequency rank #11,751*
A diminutive of the female given name Nicole, variant of Nicky.

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