chink cough
"chink-cough" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chink cough” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of whooping cough.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chink cough |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chink cough” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chink cough is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of whooping cough.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chink cough in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chink, a variant of kink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”), + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest. The correct English form is chink cough, spelled C-H-I-N-K- -C-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Synonym of whooping cough.
Etymology
From chink, a variant of kink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”), + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chink cough”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-I-N-K- -C-O-U-G-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.