tinct
/tɪŋkt/
"tinct" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tinct” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tint or colour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tinct · tinct · English
tinct · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinct |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɪŋkt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tinct” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tinct is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɪŋkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tint or colour.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tinct, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English tynct (noun) and tincten, tyncten, tynkten (verb), borrowed from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint. The correct English form is tinct, spelled T-I-N-C-T.
Definition
- 1A tint or colour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tinct appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
blue of heaven's own tinct
[She] fashion'd for it / A case of silk, and braided thereupon / All the devices blazon'd on the shield / In their own tinct, […]
Etymology
From Middle English tynct (noun) and tincten, tyncten, tynkten (verb), borrowed from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingō (“to tinge”). Doublet of tint.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.