Which to use
“ni” is a pronoun and “nice” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,234
- “ni” frequency rank
- #10,762
- “nice” frequency rank
- 18996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ni | nice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nós, pronome da segunda pessoa do plural | amável, simpático |
Letter map: ni vs nice
Shared letters muted; letters that set ni and nice apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ni / nice
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ni is apronoun and niceanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ni” sits inside “nice”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ni is recorded at frequency rank #8,234, classified as apron. nice is at rank #10,762, tagged as anadj, pronounced /naɪs/..
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18996, this pair ranks #51,868 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ni vs nice
Shared letters: in. Private to "ni": -. Private to "nice": ce.
"ni" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nice ← ince · ncie · nicce · niec · nnice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ni" for "nice" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ni" or "nice"?
What to do next
You've compared "ni" and "nice". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,868 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ni" and "nice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nice vs nim". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #51,868 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.