jinks
/d͡ʒɪŋks/
"jinks" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jinks” is uncommon English (frequency #58,124 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,124
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of jink
Corpus desk
Index EN-jinks · jinks · English
jinks · rank #58,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,124
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH Jenga
Nearest frequency peer: Jenga (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “jinks”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Janesville
Janesville
41,880 corpus weight
- jaywalking
jaywalking
41,879 corpus weight
- Jenga
Jenga
41,878 corpus weight
- jinks
jinks
41,877 corpus weight
- judiciously
judiciously
41,875 corpus weight
- junky
junky
41,874 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jinks” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jinks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /d͡ʒɪŋks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jinks” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jinks is uncommon English at frequency #58,124 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /d͡ʒɪŋks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of jink".
No misspelling variants are generated for jinks in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is jinks, spelled J-I-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1plural of jink
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.