pink

[pɪŋk]

/[pɪŋk]/ adj

The verdict

“pink” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,517
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-pink · pink · German

pink · rank #7,517 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,517
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Peking

Nearest frequency peer: Peking (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „pink“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „pink“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pink vs PK
0% similar
pink vs PKK
0% similar
pink vs Pis
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pink
PropertyValue
Headwordpink
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɪŋk]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,517
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pink“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).pinkliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Peking“ (#7,516), „Quartal“ (#7,518), „parken“ (#7,515). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pink“ bei #7,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pink (IPA [pɪŋk]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,517 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pink, with forms such as "ipnk", "pikn", and "pinkk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PK", "PKK", "Pis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is pink, spelled P-I-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Viele Zuhörer haben sich für den Abend mit ihrem Idol in Pink gewandet, eine pinke Blume auf dem Kopf drapiert oder ein Prinzessinnen-Diadem ins Haar gebunden.“
  2. „Auf den Fotos der Traumhochzeit von Prinz William und seiner Catherine ist ein zweites Blumenmädchen besonders aufgefallen: und zwar durch einen pinken Spielzeug-Wurm.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipnk
  • pikn
  • pinkk
  • pinnk
  • pnik
  • ppink

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pink - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ipnk2pikn2pinkk1pinnk1pnik2ppink1
Edit distance from "pink"

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 "pink"?
"pink" is spelled P-I-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [pɪŋk].
What does "pink" mean?
As an adjective, "pink" means: von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend
What words are commonly confused with "pink"?
"pink" is commonly confused with "PK", "PKK", "Pis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pink"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pink" is [pɪŋk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pink" come from?
"pink" 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 "pink", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list