# akin

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈkɪn/ · frequency rank #11,160

## Definitions
1. Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood.
2. Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

## Etymology
From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to a- + kin (1550s). Compare Old English cyn, cynn (“akin, proper, suitable”, adj.).

## Easily confused with
- **an** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-an)
- **Ann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-ann)
- **Ali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-ali)
- **API** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-api)
- **Ari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-ari)
- **AMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-ami)
- **ani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-ani)
- **Avi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-avi)
- **Ayn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-ayn)
- **Asi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-asi)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-arn)
- **Asia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-asia)
- **Alan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-alan)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-axis)
- **amid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-amid)
- **amen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-amen)
- **avid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-avid)
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-avon)
- **amir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-amir)
- **aria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/akin-vs-aria)

## Common misspellings (4)
`aikn`, `akinn`, `akkin`, `akni`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/akin