# lint

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɪnt/ · frequency rank #29,346

## Definitions
1. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
2. A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
3. The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. Raw cotton ready for baling.

## Etymology
From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).

## Easily confused with
- **Lt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lt)
- **LN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-ln)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lot)
- **lit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lit)
- **lip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lip)
- **Liz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-liz)
- **Liu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-liu)
- **Liv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-liv)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lon)
- **lis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lis)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lyn)
- **LST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lst)
- **LRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lrt)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lun)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-long)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-live)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lost)
- **list** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-list)
- **lips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lips)
- **Lisa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-lisa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ilnt`, `linnt`, `lintt`, `litn`, `llint`, `lnit`

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