# Knicks

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #12,265

## Definitions
1. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

## Etymology
From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.

## Easily confused with
- **knock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knicks-vs-knock)
- **knits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knicks-vs-knits)
- **knives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knicks-vs-knives)
- **knocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knicks-vs-knocks)
- **kick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kick-vs-knicks)
- **kicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kicks-vs-knicks)
- **knack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knack-vs-knicks)
- **knickers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knickers-vs-knicks)

## Common misspellings (10)
`kincks`, `kknicks`, `knciks`, `kniccks`, `knickks`, `knickss`, `knicsk`, `knikcs`, `knnicks`, `nkicks`

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