Zinc or zink?
zinc is a noun meaning “A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery…”; zink is a noun meaning “A type of cornett”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) zinc is about 29 times as common as zink.
What is the difference between zinc and zink?
| zinc | zink | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun |
| Meaning | A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist… An atom of this element | A type of cornett |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | zincs | zinks |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzɪŋk/ /ˈziŋk/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words | about once in every 6 million words |
Sources: zinc and zink in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of zinc and zink
zinc
- 1
A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air
- 2
An atom of this element
- 3
A corrugated iron roof
- 4
UKcolloquialdatedA zinc countertop
zink
- 1
A type of cornett
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, zinc or zink?
zinc appears 4.5 times per million words; zink about once in every 6 million words.
zinc 4.5 times per million wordszink about once in every 6 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).