# tinge

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɪnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #35,988

## Definitions
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. A draper's or clothier's markup.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tiny)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tone)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tune)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tire)
- **tong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tong)
- **tint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tint)
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tyne)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tung)
- **tink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tink)
- **title** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-title)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tying)
- **tonne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tonne)
- **Tonga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tonga)
- **twine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-twine)
- **tithe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tithe)
- **tongs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tongs)
- **tints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tints)
- **tongue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tongue)
- **tinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tinker)
- **tinted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tinge-vs-tinted)

## Common misspellings (7)
`itnge`, `tigne`, `tineg`, `tingge`, `tinnge`, `tnige`, `ttinge`

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