# inga

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,547

## Definitions
1. Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa.

## Easily confused with
- **ink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-ink)
- **inn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-inn)
- **ins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-ins)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-ira)
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-int)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-isa)
- **IPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-ipa)
- **into** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-into)
- **Iowa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-iowa)
- **issa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-issa)
- **Isla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-isla)
- **inns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-inns)
- **Irma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-irma)
- **iota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-iota)
- **Iona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-iona)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-init)
- **inky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-inky)
- **inna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-inna)
- **isha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-isha)
- **Inman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inga-vs-inman)

## Common misspellings (2)
`inag`, `innga`

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