# inn

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪn/ · frequency rank #6,369

## Definitions
1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
2. A tavern.
3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
4. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
5. A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

## Etymology
From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

## Easily confused with
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-is)
- **it** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-it)
- **IV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-iv)
- **IP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ip)
- **IQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-iq)
- **io** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-io)
- **iz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-iz)
- **its** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-its)
- **ion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ion)
- **iOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ios)
- **ins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ins)
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-irs)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ira)
- **ivy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ivy)
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-int)
- **iso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-iso)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-isa)
- **ISS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-iss)
- **IRL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-irl)
- **IPO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inn-vs-ipo)

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