# stinks

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #22,827

## Definitions
1. Chemistry (as a subject taught in school).

## Easily confused with
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinks-vs-stint)
- **Stones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinks-vs-stones)
- **stocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinks-vs-stocks)
- **swings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinks-vs-swings)
- **stinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinks-vs-stinky)
- **strings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinks-vs-strings)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sink-vs-stinks)
- **sins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sins-vs-stinks)
- **stick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stick-vs-stinks)
- **sings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sings-vs-stinks)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sting-vs-stinks)
- **skins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skins-vs-stinks)
- **spins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spins-vs-stinks)
- **sinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinks-vs-stinks)
- **stink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stink-vs-stinks)
- **sinus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinus-vs-stinks)
- **stank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stinks)
- **stands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stands-vs-stinks)
- **saints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saints-vs-stinks)
- **sticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sticks-vs-stinks)

## Common misspellings (10)
`sitnks`, `sstinks`, `stikns`, `stinkks`, `stinkss`, `stinnks`, `stinsk`, `stniks`, `sttinks`, `tsinks`

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