clinal
/ˈklaɪnəl/adjective
clinal is spelled C-L-I-N-A-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, clinal means “Pertaining to beds or rest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clinal?
| Letters | 6: C-L-I-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is clinal?
Clinal appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce clinal?
- /ˈklaɪnəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with clinal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as clinal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: incall.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does clinal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to beds or rest.
- 2
Describing a torsion angle between 30° and 150°
- 3
Pertaining to a cline.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does clinal come from?
From Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) + English -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).