clinic

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The verdict

“clinic” is uncommon German (frequency #64,155 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,155
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medizinische Einrichtung mit Fokus auf stationäre Behandlungen; Klinik

Corpus desk

Index DE-clinic · clinic · German

clinic · rank #64,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,155
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Clinch

Nearest frequency peer: Clinch (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „clinic“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „clinic“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clinic
PropertyValue
Headwordclinic
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „clinic“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).clinicfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Clinch“ (#64,154), „coding“ (#64,156), „Chino“ (#64,153). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „clinic“ bei #64,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clinic is uncommon German at frequency #64,155 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "medizinische Einrichtung mit Fokus auf stationäre Behandlungen; Klinik".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clinic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is clinic, spelled C-L-I-N-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    medizinische Einrichtung mit Fokus auf stationäre Behandlungen; Klinik

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clinic"?
"clinic" is spelled C-L-I-N-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "clinic" mean?
As a noun, "clinic" means: medizinische Einrichtung mit Fokus auf stationäre Behandlungen; Klinik
How do you pronounce "clinic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clinic" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clinic" come from?
"clinic" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clinic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Clinch#64,154coding#64,156calcio#64,146boomen#64,128

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list