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Ninty or ninety?

Did you mean ninety? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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ninty

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ninety

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Correct spelling: ninety. Misspelling: ninty.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Nine keeps its E in ninety: nine + ty.

Why people write “ninty”

The misspelling “ninty” is only one letter off: it leaves out the E.

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make ninety automatic.

What does “ninety” mean?

ninety noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine

    Synonyms:xc

ninety adjective

  1. being ten more than eighty

    Synonyms:xc

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Ninety” in a sentence

  • My grandmother is ninety.

Is “ninety” a playable word?

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9 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends

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“ninty” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from NINETY.

Ninety: quick answers

Is it ninty or ninety?
The correct spelling is ninety. “ninty” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell ninety?
Nine keeps its E in ninety: nine + ty.
What does ninety mean?
Ninety means: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine.