# awning

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɔːnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #41,518

## Definitions
1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
2. That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

## Etymology
1615-25 (nautical sense only); from *awn + -ing, reduction of Middle French auvans (“sloping roof”), from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *an(de)bannā (“eaves”) (compare Occitan ambans (“parapet”)), form of *ande- (intensive prefix) (compare Welsh an-, Old Irish ind-) + *bandā (“horn; peak”) (compare Welsh ban, Irish beann).

## Easily confused with
- **aging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aging-vs-awning)
- **asking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asking-vs-awning)
- **acting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acting-vs-awning)
- **adding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adding-vs-awning)
- **aiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiming-vs-awning)
- **airing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airing-vs-awning)
- **ageing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ageing-vs-awning)
- **aiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aiding-vs-awning)
- **aching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aching-vs-awning)
- **arming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arming-vs-awning)
- **ailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ailing-vs-awning)

## Common misspellings (8)
`anwing`, `awinng`, `awnign`, `awningg`, `awninng`, `awnnig`, `awnning`, `awwning`

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