# click

> English word · Noun · IPA /klɪk/ · frequency rank #1,594

## Definitions
1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
2. The act of snapping one's fingers.
3. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
4. The sound made by a dolphin.
5. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
6. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
7. A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
8. A pawl or similar catch.
9. A knock or blow.
10. A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
11. A click track.

## Etymology
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).

## Easily confused with
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clip)
- **cock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-cock)
- **clit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clit)
- **Clio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clio)
- **cuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-cuck)
- **clock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clock)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-crack)
- **climb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-climb)
- **cliff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-cliff)
- **clips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clips)
- **Clive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clive)
- **cloak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-cloak)
- **Clint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clint)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-cling)
- **crock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-crock)
- **crick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-crick)
- **colic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-colic)
- **clink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clink)
- **clicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clicks)
- **clinch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clinch)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cclick`, `cilck`, `clcik`, `clicck`, `clickk`, `clikc`, `cllick`, `lcick`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/click