# nit vs nu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### nu
*noun · IPA /njuː/ · frequency rank #13,967*
The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

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