Which to use
“inking” and “inning” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,270
- “inking” frequency rank
- #9,195
- “inning” frequency rank
- 53465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inking | inning |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An application of ink. | A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game. |
Letter map: inking vs inning
Shared letters muted; letters that set inking and inning apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Pair insight - inking / inning
inking and inning are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - k in “inking” becomes n in “inning”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inking is recorded at frequency rank #44,270, classified as anoun. inning is at rank #9,195, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɪnɪŋ/.
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 53465, this pair ranks #148,736 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inking vs inning
Shared letters: gin. Private to "inking": k. Private to "inning": -.
"inking" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "inning" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "inking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inning" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,736 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inking" and "inning" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inching vs inking". 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 #148,736 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.