hink
/hɪŋk/verb
hink is spelled H-I-N-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, hink means “To think optimistically” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hink?
| Letters | 4: H-I-N-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hink?
Hink appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 hink?
- /hɪŋk/
Hink has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hink.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hink
- hinks present, singular, he/she/it
- hinking participle, present
- hinked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hink mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To think optimistically.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA reaping hook.
The farmer reached into his shed and retrieved an old hink to cut down the overgrown weeds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).