# DINK

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪŋk/ · frequency rank #41,084

## Definitions
1. Acronym of double income, no kids or dual income, no kids: a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes.

## Etymology
Originally US. First attested in the 1980s.

## Easily confused with
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-don)
- **DNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dna)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dip)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-diy)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dis)
- **DNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dnc)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-div)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dun)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dix)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dit)
- **DNR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dnr)
- **DnB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dnb)
- **DNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dnp)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-done)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dont)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dirt)
- **dish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dish)
- **duck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-duck)
- **disc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-disc)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dink-vs-dive)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddink`, `dikn`, `dinkk`, `dinnk`, `dnik`, `idnk`

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