nicks
/nɪks/
"nicks" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nicks” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,523
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of nick
Corpus desk
Index EN-nicks · nicks · English
nicks · rank #26,523 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,523
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nimble
Nearest frequency peer: nimble (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “nicks”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Nagar
Nagar
73,481 corpus weight
- nauseous
nauseous
73,480 corpus weight
- nicks
nicks
73,478 corpus weight
- nimble
nimble
73,477 corpus weight
- nomad
nomad
73,476 corpus weight
- nouveau
nouveau
73,475 corpus weight
What this shows “nicks” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nɪks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nicks”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around nicks (IPA /nɪks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,523 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of nick".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for nicks, with forms such as "incks", "nciks", and "niccks". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nis", "Nike", "Nico", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is nicks, spelled N-I-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1plural of nick
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- incks
- nciks
- niccks
- nickks
- nickss
- nicsk
- nikcs
- nnicks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nicks - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nicks", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).