Nikko
"nikko" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nikko” is uncommon English (frequency #53,731 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,731
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nikko · Nikko · English
Nikko · rank #53,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,731
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nicodemus
Nearest frequency peer: Nicodemus (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Nikko”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- neigh
neigh
46,275 corpus weight
- Nessa
Nessa
46,274 corpus weight
- neuroimaging
neuroimaging
46,273 corpus weight
- Nicodemus
Nicodemus
46,271 corpus weight
- Nikko
Nikko
46,270 corpus weight
- noisily
noisily
46,267 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Nikko” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nikko |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Nikko” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Nikko is uncommon English at frequency #53,731 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Nikko in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a brand name of popular felt-tip pens in Australia. The correct English form is Nikko, spelled N-I-K-K-O.
Definition
- 1A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nikko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A time line had been drawn in a bright red Nikko across the entire length of the board, indicating her movements from when she left the Leagues Club to when she was found dead in the shed.
I picked it up and smiled when I saw a message scrawled across the mug in black Nikko.
Etymology
From a brand name of popular felt-tip pens in Australia.
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
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