# nights

> English word · Adverb · IPA /naɪts/ · frequency rank #3,186

## Definitions
1. At night (during night-time, especially on a regular basis).

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nightes, from Old English nihtes (“at night, by night”), equivalent to night + -s (adverbial genitive suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian nachtes, Old Saxon nahtes, German nachts (all “nights, at night”).

## Easily confused with
- **nigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigh-vs-nights)
- **night** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/night-vs-nights)
- **nightly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nightly-vs-nights)
- **nighter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nighter-vs-nights)
- **knights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knights-vs-nights)

## Common misspellings (10)
`inghts`, `ngihts`, `nigghts`, `nighhts`, `nighst`, `nightss`, `nightts`, `nigths`, `nihgts`, `nnights`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nights