lyn
/lɪn/noun
lyn is spelled L-Y-N: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lyn means “Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lyn is lyns.
How many letters and syllables are in lyn?
| Letters | 3: L-Y-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is lyn?
Lyn appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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 lyn?
- /lɪn/
Lyn 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-lin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lyn
Sounds like: lin, linn (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: linn.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of lyn
- lyns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lyn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lyn come from?
See linn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).