Nikolas
"nikolas" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nikolas” is uncommon English (frequency #57,597 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,597
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλας (Nikólas), used in Greece.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nikolas · Nikolas · English
Nikolas · rank #57,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,597
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nimoy
Nearest frequency peer: Nimoy (+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 “Nikolas”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- neem
neem
42,408 corpus weight
- Neuman
Neuman
42,407 corpus weight
- neutralise
neutralise
42,406 corpus weight
- Nikolas
Nikolas
42,404 corpus weight
- Nimoy
Nimoy
42,403 corpus weight
- noona
noona
42,401 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Nikolas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nikolas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Nikolas” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Nikolas is uncommon English at frequency #57,597 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλας (Nikólas), used in Greece.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Nikolas, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Nikolas, spelled N-I-K-O-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλας (Nikólas), used in Greece.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nikolas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The gunman, Nikolas Cruz, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A school resource officer faces charges after allegedly failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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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