# nineteen

> English word · Numeral · IPA /ˈnaɪntiːn/ · frequency rank #13,201

## Definitions
1. 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".

## 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

## Easily confused with
- **nineties** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nineteen-vs-nineties)
- **nineteenth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nineteen-vs-nineteenth)

## Common misspellings (11)
`inneteen`, `nienteen`, `nineeten`, `nineteenn`, `nineten`, `ninetene`, `ninetteen`, `ninneteen`, `ninteeen`, `nnieteen`, `nnineteen`

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