# Nicol

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,070

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.

## Easily confused with
- **nil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nil)
- **Niko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-niko)
- **Niro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-niro)
- **NICU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nicu)
- **Nixon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nixon)
- **Nigel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nigel)
- **Nicole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nicole)
- **Nicola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nicola)
- **Nicolas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nicolas)
- **NIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nic-vs-nicol)
- **NCO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nco-vs-nicol)
- **nice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nice-vs-nicol)
- **nick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nick-vs-nicol)
- **Nico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nico-vs-nicol)
- **NaCl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nacl-vs-nicol)
- **niche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niche-vs-nicol)
- **Nicky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicky-vs-nicol)
- **Niall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niall-vs-nicol)
- **nicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicks-vs-nicol)
- **nicely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicely-vs-nicol)

## Common misspellings (7)
`incol`, `nciol`, `niccol`, `niclo`, `nicoll`, `niocl`, `nnicol`

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