nice-looking
/ˈnaɪs ˈlʊkɪŋ/
"nice-looking" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nice-looking” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pleasing to the eye; attractive.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nice-looking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪs ˈlʊkɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nice-looking” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nice-looking is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnaɪs ˈlʊkɪŋ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pleasing to the eye; attractive.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nice-looking in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is nice-looking, spelled N-I-C-E---L-O-O-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Pleasing to the eye; attractive.
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.
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Using “nice-looking”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-I-C-E---L-O-O-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnaɪs ˈlʊkɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.