# Clint

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /klɪnt/ · frequency rank #14,296

## Definitions
1. A male given name.
2. A village in Clint cum Hamlets parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2659).
3. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clip)
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-coin)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-cunt)
- **cont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-cont)
- **clot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clot)
- **clit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clit)
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-crit)
- **Clio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clio)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-count)
- **coins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-coins)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-colin)
- **clips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clips)
- **clone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clone)
- **Clive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clive)
- **clout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clout)
- **clung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clung)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-crist)
- **Clinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clint-vs-clinton)
- **cit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cit-vs-clint)
- **cent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-clint)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cclint`, `cilnt`, `clinnt`, `clintt`, `clitn`, `cllint`, `clnit`, `lcint`

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