# nix vs nut

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nix
*noun · IPA /nɪks/ · frequency rank #29,013*
Nothing.

### nut
*noun · IPA /nʌt/ · frequency rank #6,715*
Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.

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