# evening

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈiːvnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,452

## Definitions
1. The time of day between afternoon and night.
2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
4. A party or gathering held in the evening.

## Etymology
From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian < ǣfen (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **evenings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evening-vs-evenings)
- **earning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earning-vs-evening)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eevning`, `eveinng`, `evenign`, `eveningg`, `eveninng`, `evennig`, `evenning`, `evneing`, `evvening`, `veening`

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