# ninth vs nit

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ninth
*adjective · IPA /naɪnθ/ · frequency rank #6,387*
The ordinal form of the number nine.

### nit
*noun · IPA /nɪt/ · frequency rank #25,859*
The egg of a louse.

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