# lining

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #8,570

## Definitions
1. A covering for the inside surface of something.
2. The material used for such a covering.
3. The act of attaching such a covering.

## Easily confused with
- **linn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-linn)
- **lying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-lying)
- **livin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-livin)
- **living** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-living)
- **losing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-losing)
- **loving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-loving)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-luring)
- **loring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-loring)
- **listing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-listing)
- **linking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-linking)
- **longing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-longing)
- **loaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lining-vs-loaning)
- **linen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linen-vs-lining)
- **Lenin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lenin-vs-lining)
- **liang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liang-vs-lining)
- **Laing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laing-vs-lining)
- **laying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laying-vs-lining)
- **liking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liking-vs-lining)
- **lacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacing-vs-lining)
- **landing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landing-vs-lining)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ilning`, `liinng`, `linign`, `liningg`, `lininng`, `linnig`, `linning`, `llining`, `lniing`

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