# Nile vs nis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nile
*name · IPA /naɪl/ · frequency rank #12,285*
A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.

### nis
*noun · frequency rank #33,760*
A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nile-vs-nis