clinic
cli·nic/ˈklɪn.ɪk/noun
clinic is spelled C-L-I-N-I-C: 6 letters and 2 syllables (cli·nic). It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clinic means “A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clinic is clinics.
How many letters and syllables are in clinic?
| Letters | 6: C-L-I-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cli·nic |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is clinic?
Clinic appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 clinic?
- US /ˈklɪn.ɪk/
Clinic has 2 syllables, split cli·nic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-clinic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-clinic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clinic
- clinics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clinic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
- 2
A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
- 3
obsoleteA school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.
- 4
A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.
- 5
A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
A local community group will be holding a legal clinic where low-income residents can consult a lawyer for free.
- 6
A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
- 7
A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
- 8
obsoleteA bed-ridden person
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clinic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense medical facility:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.