nic
/nɪk/noun
nic is spelled N-I-C: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Nic, the name). People search “nic vs nick” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, nic means “nicotine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nic?
| Letters | 3: N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nic?
Nic appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Nic, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nic?
- /nɪk/
Nic has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-nic.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with nic
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: nick (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with nic?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nic.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: inc.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does nic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangnicotine
I prefer vaping with nic-free juice.
noun
- 1
Acronym of network interface card or network interface controller, used to interface a computer to a network.
- 2
Acronym of network information center.
- 3
UKAcronym of national insurance contribution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nic come from?
Clipping of nicotine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).