# rink

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪŋk/ · frequency rank #17,019

## Definitions
1. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rn)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-run)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rio)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rip)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-ron)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rna)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rnc)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rit)
- **risk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-risk)
- **rock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rock)
- **runs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-runs)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rise)
- **ruin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-ruin)
- **riot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-riot)
- **Rita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rita)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-ripe)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rite)
- **ritz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-ritz)
- **rung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rung)
- **rook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rink-vs-rook)

## Common misspellings (6)
`irnk`, `rikn`, `rinkk`, `rinnk`, `rnik`, `rrink`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rink