# nib

> English word · Noun · IPA /nɪb/ · frequency rank #26,901

## Definitions
1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
2. A bird's beak.
3. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
4. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
5. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
6. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
7. The shaft of a wagon.

## Etymology
From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.

## Easily confused with
- **NJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nj)
- **nm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nm)
- **NZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nz)
- **NT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nt)
- **NP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-np)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nu)
- **NL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nl)
- **nr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nr)
- **NN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nn)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-non)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nor)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nov)
- **NYC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nyc)
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nut)
- **NSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nsa)
- **NSW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nsw)
- **nod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nod)
- **nun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nib-vs-nun)

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