nice as ninepence
"nice-as-ninepence" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nice as ninepence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perfectly all right; fine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nice-as-ninepence · nice as ninepence · English
nice as ninepence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nice as ninepence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nice as ninepence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nice as ninepence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for nice as ninepence in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Corruption of nice as ninepins, from the neat and precise ordering of the skittles in the game of ninepins. The correct English form is nice as ninepence, spelled N-I-C-E- -A-S- -N-I-N-E-P-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Perfectly all right; fine.
- 2Neat, tidy, in order.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nice as ninepence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She had been mistress of the farm so long that it would be hard for her to play second fiddle, but give her time and she'd be as good as new butter and as nice as ninepence, he said.
Etymology
Corruption of nice as ninepins, from the neat and precise ordering of the skittles in the game of ninepins.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.