# tint

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɪnt/ · frequency rank #21,964

## Definitions
1. A slight coloring.
2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
5. A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tn)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tt)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tip)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-ton)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tit)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tnt)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tot)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tun)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tut)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tio)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tony)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tiny)
- **tips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tips)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tone)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tons)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-twin)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tune)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tire)
- **tits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tits)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tint-vs-tuna)

## Common misspellings (6)
`itnt`, `tinnt`, `tintt`, `titn`, `tnit`, `ttint`

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