tint
/tɪnt/
"tint" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tint” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,964
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A slight coloring.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tint · tint · English
tint · rank #21,964 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,964
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Timberlake
Nearest frequency peer: Timberlake (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tint”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thermometer
thermometer
78,040 corpus weight
- thingy
thingy
78,039 corpus weight
- Timberlake
Timberlake
78,038 corpus weight
- tint
tint
78,037 corpus weight
- Tomlinson
Tomlinson
78,036 corpus weight
- Toulouse
Toulouse
78,035 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tint” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tint |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɪnt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tint” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tint (IPA /tɪnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,964 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tint, with forms such as "itnt", "tinnt", and "tintt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TN", "TT", "tip", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tinctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tin… The correct English form is tint, spelled T-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1A slight coloring.
- 2A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
- 3A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- 4A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
- 5A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
Etymology
Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tinctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- itnt
- tinnt
- tintt
- titn
- tnit
- ttint
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tint - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tint", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.