Klinik

/[ˈkliːnɪk]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,979

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Klinik is aGermannoun. It means: Krankenhaus, Heilstätte mit stationärer Versorgung Pronounced [ˈkliːnɪk]. It ranks #2,979 in German word frequency. Often confused with klink and Kritik.

Key facts for Klinik
PropertyValue
HeadwordKlinik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkliːnɪk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,979
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Klinik in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Klinik is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkliːnɪk]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,979 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Klinik, with forms such as "kilnik", "kklinik", and "kliink". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "klink", "Kritik", "Klinke", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Klinik, spelled K-L-I-N-I-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Krankenhaus, Heilstätte mit stationärer Versorgung
  2. 2
    das Erscheinungsbild und der Verlauf einer Krankheit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kilnik,kklinik,kliink,klinikk,klinki,klinnik,kllinik,klniik,lkinik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Klinik

Misspelling Variants of "Klinik"

kilnik6kklinik7kliink6klinikk7klinki6klinnik7kllinik7klniik6
Misspelling Variants of "Klinik"

Frequency rank: #2,979 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Klinik"?
"Klinik" is spelled K-L-I-N-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkliːnɪk].
What does "Klinik" mean?
As a noun, "Klinik" means: Krankenhaus, Heilstätte mit stationärer Versorgung
What words are commonly confused with "Klinik"?
"Klinik" is commonly confused with "klink", "Kritik", "Klinke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Klinik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Klinik" is [ˈkliːnɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Klinik" come from?
"Klinik" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.