nine
/naɪn/
"nine" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nine” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,431
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nine · nine · English
nine · rank #1,431 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,431
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH mission
Nearest frequency peer: mission (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “nine”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mass
mass
98,573 corpus weight
- meaning
meaning
98,572 corpus weight
- mission
mission
98,571 corpus weight
- nine
nine
98,570 corpus weight
- officers
officers
98,569 corpus weight
- operations
operations
98,568 corpus weight
What this shows “nine” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /naɪn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nine”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around nine (IPA /naɪn/), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #1,431 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nine, with forms such as "inne", "nien", and "ninne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "NN", "non", "nun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *h₁néwn̥ From Middle English nyn, nyne, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njú… The correct English form is nine, spelled N-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
- 2Describing a group or set with nine elements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Would they want me to vote my conscience or would they want us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare him sane and possibly have the trial end up in a death sentence?
Of course, for a number to have a biography, we need to assume that none of its digits are present more than nine times.
Etymology
PIE word *h₁néwn̥ From Middle English nyn, nyne, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njúgen (“nine”), West Frisian njoggen (“nine”), Dutch negen (“nine”), German Low German negen (“nine”), German neun (“nine”), Danish ni (“nine”), Swedish nio (“nine”), Icelandic níu (“nine”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”), Latin novem (“nine”), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), Sanskrit नव (náva, “nine”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inne
- nien
- ninne
- nnie
- nnine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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