rink
/ɹɪŋk/
"rink" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rink” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,019
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A man, especially a warrior or hero.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rink · rink · English
rink · rank #17,019 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,019
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ricardo
Nearest frequency peer: Ricardo (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “rink”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- reputable
reputable
82,986 corpus weight
- revolver
revolver
82,985 corpus weight
- revolving
revolving
82,984 corpus weight
- Ricardo
Ricardo
82,983 corpus weight
- rink
rink
82,982 corpus weight
- ripple
ripple
82,981 corpus weight
What this shows “rink” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪŋk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rink”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around rink (IPA /ɹɪŋk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,019 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A man, especially a warrior or hero.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rink, with forms such as "irnk", "rikn", and "rinkk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RN", "run", "Rio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior,… The correct English form is rink, spelled R-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1A man, especially a warrior or hero.
Etymology
From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irnk
- rikn
- rinkk
- rinnk
- rnik
- rrink
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rink - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rink", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).