# nine

> English word · Numeral · IPA /naɪn/ · frequency rank #1,431

## Definitions
1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **NN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nn)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-non)
- **nun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nun)
- **nip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nip)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nye)
- **nit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nit)
- **nix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nix)
- **nis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nis)
- **Noe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-noe)
- **NME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nme)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-note)
- **none** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-none)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nose)
- **nope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nope)
- **nude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nude)
- **node** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-node)
- **nuns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nuns)
- **nuke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nuke)
- **nite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-nite)
- **Niro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nine-vs-niro)

## Common misspellings (5)
`inne`, `nien`, `ninne`, `nnie`, `nnine`

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