Inning

/[ˈɪnɪŋ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,604

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Inning is aGermannoun. It means: Abschnitt in einem Spiel, bei dem jede der beiden Mannschaften einmal Schlagmannschaft und einmal Feldmannschaft ist Pronounced [ˈɪnɪŋ].

Key facts for Inning
PropertyValue
HeadwordInning
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪnɪŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Inning in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Inning is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪnɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,604 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abschnitt in einem Spiel, bei dem jede der beiden Mannschaften einmal Schlagmannschaft und einmal Feldmannschaft ist".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Inning in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Inning, spelled I-N-N-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abschnitt in einem Spiel, bei dem jede der beiden Mannschaften einmal Schlagmannschaft und einmal Feldmannschaft ist

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #50,604 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Inning"?
"Inning" is spelled I-N-N-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnɪŋ].
What does "Inning" mean?
As a noun, "Inning" means: Abschnitt in einem Spiel, bei dem jede der beiden Mannschaften einmal Schlagmannschaft und einmal Feldmannschaft ist
How do you pronounce "Inning"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Inning" is [ˈɪnɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Inning" come from?
"Inning" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.