Which to use
“clicks” and “clink” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,827
- “clicks” frequency rank
- #45,847
- “clink” frequency rank
- 56674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clicks | clink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of click | The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. |
Where the eye mixes clicks and clink
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. clicks runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against clink's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between clicks and clink
A purely visual mix-up. clicks (/klɪks/) and clink (/klɪŋk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clicks is recorded at frequency rank #10,827, classified as anoun, pronounced /klɪks/. clink is at rank #45,847, tagged as anoun, pronounced /klɪŋk/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56674, this pair ranks #124,517 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clicks vs clink
Shared letters: cikl. Private to "clicks": s. Private to "clink": n.
"clicks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "clink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clicks" and "clink" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "clicks" vs "clink" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clicks" and "clink" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clicks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,517 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clicks" and "clink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clack vs clink". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #124,517 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.