nineteen
/ˈnaɪntiːn/
"nineteen" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nineteen” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,201 in English word frequency and used as a numeral.
- #13,201
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
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 | nineteen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪntiːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nineteen” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nineteen is 8 letters long, classified as a numeral, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnaɪntiːn/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,201 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nineteen, with forms such as "inneteen", "nienteen", and "nineeten". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "nineties", "nineteenth", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English nyntene, nynetene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten. Equivalent to nine + -teen The correct English form is nineteen, spelled N-I-N-E-T-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
Etymology
From Middle English nyntene, nynetene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten. Equivalent to nine + -teen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inneteen,nienteen,nineeten,nineteenn,nineten,ninetene,ninetteen,ninneteen,ninteeen,nnieteen,nnineteen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nineteen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “nineteen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-I-N-E-T-E-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnaɪntiːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nineties” - see the side-by-side comparison. nineteen vs nineties
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.