Tools · #884 biggest of 1,014
How big is a nail?
6 cm
A nail measures 6 cm. That's about 2.5 coins lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 6 cm, or about 2.36 inches.
- You'd need about 28 of them stacked up to reach the height of an average adult.
- Roughly 857 human-hair widths could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #884 by size.
Size comparison
How nail stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
tennis ball
6.7 cm
kiwi
6.0 cm
human ear
6.0 cm
guppy
6.0 cm
nail
6.0 cm
amethyst point
6.0 cm
yo-yo
6.0 cm
egg cup
6.0 cm
egg
5.8 cm
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
You could line up roughly 28 of them along the height of an average person.
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