gink
/ɡɪŋk/
"gink" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gink” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gink · gink · English
gink · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɪŋk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gink” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gink is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɪŋk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gink in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek. The correct English form is gink, spelled G-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You know, I've always thought that the best man in the world is hardly good enough for any woman. But when it comes to the best girl in all the universe caring for an ordinary gink like me, well, you'll have to let me get used to it.
[…]so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted[…]
Etymology
Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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