Clint
/klɪnt/
"clint" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Clint” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #14,296 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #14,296
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clint |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /klɪnt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Clint” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Clint is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /klɪnt/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,296 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Clint, with forms such as "cclint", "cilnt", and "clinnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clip", "coin", "cunt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Diminutive of Clinton. The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint. The correct English form is Clint, spelled C-L-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1A male given name.
- 2A village in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2659).
- 3A town in El Paso County, Texas, United States, named after settler Mary Clinton Collins.
Etymology
Diminutive of Clinton. The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cclint,cilnt,clinnt,clintt,clitn,cllint,clnit,lcint
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Clint - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Clint”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /klɪnt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “clip” - see the side-by-side comparison. Clint vs clip
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.