jinks
/d͡ʒɪŋks/interjection, noun, verb
jinks is spelled J-I-N-K-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “jinks vs jinx” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, jinks means “Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in jinks?
| Letters | 5: J-I-N-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is jinks?
Jinks appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd 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 jinks?
- /d͡ʒɪŋks/
Jinks 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-jinks.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with jinks
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: jinx (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does jinks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.
noun
- 1
plural of jink
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of jink
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).