# ninety vs nitty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ninety
*num · IPA /ˈnaɪn.ti/ · frequency rank #11,078*
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

### nitty
*adjective · IPA /ˈnɪtiː/ · frequency rank #41,785*
Full of nits.

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