inning
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "inning", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "inning" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "inning" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
inning is aEnglishnoun. It means: A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by member... Pronounced /ˈɪnɪŋ/. It ranks #9,195 in English word frequency. Often confused with innit and Irving.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for inning is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɪnɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,195 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for inning, with forms such as "ining", "ininng", and "innign". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "innit", "Irving", "innings", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is inning, spelled I-N-N-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
- 2A similar period of play.
- 3A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
- 4A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
- 5The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
- 6Lands recovered from the sea.
Etymology
Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ining,ininng,innign,inningg,inninng,innnig,nining
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inning
Misspelling Variants of "inning"
Frequency rank: #9,195 in English
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