nic

/ɲit͡s/

//ɲit͡s// pron

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The verdict

“nic” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,373) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#25,373
frequency rank, Spanish
1,151
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nada.

Corpus desk

Index ES-nic · nic · Spanish

nic · rank #25,373 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,373
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Newman

Nearest frequency peer: Newman (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “nic”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “nic” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nic vs no
33% similar
nic vs ny
33% similar
nic vs nm
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nic
PropertyValue
Headwordnic
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/ɲit͡s/
Letters3
Frequency rank#25,373
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “nic”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.niccae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Newman” (#25,372), “obedecen” (#25,375), “Nate” (#25,370). Entre 1,151 lemas con “N”, “nic” va en #25,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nic is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "ny", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ɲit͡s/. Frequency #25,373 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Nada.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "ny", "nm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nic, spelled N-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nada.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nic"?
"nic" is spelled N-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ɲit͡s/.
What does "nic" mean?
As a pronoun, "nic" means: Nada.
What words are commonly confused with "nic"?
"nic" is commonly confused with "no", "ny", "nm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nic" is /ɲit͡s/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nic" come from?
"nic" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lil#25,338lau#25,334KGB#25,327bid#25,531

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list