klink
"klink" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“klink” is uncommon English (frequency #82,461 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,461
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of clink (“prison”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-klink · klink · English
klink · rank #82,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,461
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH kitchin
Nearest frequency peer: kitchin (-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 “klink”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kingwood
kingwood
17,544 corpus weight
- Kirschner
Kirschner
17,542 corpus weight
- kitchin
kitchin
17,541 corpus weight
- klink
klink
17,540 corpus weight
- klutz
klutz
17,539 corpus weight
- knobby
knobby
17,538 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “klink” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “klink” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
klink is uncommon English at frequency #82,461 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of clink (“prison”).".
klink has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is klink, spelled K-L-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of clink (“prison”).
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.