tinge
/tɪnd͡ʒ/noun, verb
tinge is spelled T-I-N-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tinge means “A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tinge is tinges.
How many letters and syllables are in tinge?
| Letters | 5: T-I-N-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tinge?
Tinge appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tinge?
- US /tɪnd͡ʒ/
Tinge has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tinge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tinge?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tinge from its last stressed vowel (/ɪndʒ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tinge
- tinges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tinging participle, present
- tingeing participle, present
- tinged participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tinge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
- 2
The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
- 3
UKobsoleteslangA draper's or clothier's markup.
verb
- 1
To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
- 2
To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
- 3
To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tinge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | teinte, touche , nuance , teindre |
| German | Färbung, Tönung , tönen |
| Portuguese | toque |
| Spanish | toque , tinte, matiz , retocar, matizar, teñir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tinge come from?
The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).