# Inuit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪnjuːɪt/ · frequency rank #30,849

## Definitions
1. A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

## Etymology
First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.

## Easily confused with
- **invite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inuit-vs-invite)
- **int** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/int-vs-inuit)
- **IIT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iit-vs-inuit)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/init-vs-inuit)
- **Indi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indi-vs-inuit)
- **India** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/india-vs-inuit)
- **input** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/input-vs-inuit)
- **indie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-inuit)
- **inlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inlet-vs-inuit)
- **inept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inept-vs-inuit)
- **inert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inert-vs-inuit)
- **inset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-inuit)
- **innit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/innit-vs-inuit)
- **indio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-inuit)
- **insist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insist-vs-inuit)
- **insult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insult-vs-inuit)
- **incite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-inuit)
- **indict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indict-vs-inuit)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iniut`, `innuit`, `inuitt`, `inuti`, `iunit`, `niuit`

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