Which to use
“inna” is a contraction and “inns” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,692
- “inna” frequency rank
- #26,838
- “inns” frequency rank
- 74530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inna | inns |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In the. | plural of inn |
Letter map: inna vs inns
Shared letters muted; letters that set inna and inns apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. inna (VCCV) and inns (VCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for inna / inns
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: inna is acontraction and innsanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “inna” becomes s in “inns”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inna is recorded at frequency rank #47,692, classified as acontraction. inns is at rank #26,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪnz/.
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 74530, this pair ranks #36,067 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inna vs inns
Shared letters: in. Private to "inna": a. Private to "inns": s.
"inna" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "inns" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "inna" and "inns". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "inna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inns" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,067 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inna" and "inns" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inna vs isha". 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 #36,067 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.