# niece

> English word · Noun · IPA /niːs/ · frequency rank #9,371

## Definitions
1. A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
2. A daughter of one’s cousin or cousin-in-law

## Etymology
From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.

## Easily confused with
- **nine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niece-vs-nine)
- **Nike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niece-vs-nike)
- **Nile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niece-vs-nile)
- **nite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niece-vs-nite)
- **Nieto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niece-vs-nieto)
- **nieces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niece-vs-nieces)
- **NIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nic-vs-niece)
- **NEC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nec-vs-niece)
- **nee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nee-vs-niece)
- **nice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nice-vs-niece)
- **neck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neck-vs-niece)
- **nick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nick-vs-niece)
- **Nico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nico-vs-niece)
- **nene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nene-vs-niece)
- **neve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-niece)
- **NICU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicu-vs-niece)
- **niche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niche-vs-niece)
- **nance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nance-vs-niece)

## Common misspellings (6)
`inece`, `neice`, `nicee`, `niecce`, `nieec`, `nniece`

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