# tink

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɪŋk/ · frequency rank #40,928

## Definitions
1. To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.

## Etymology
From Middle English tinken, possibly from Old English *tincian, equivalent to tin + -k. Compare Dutch tinken (“to tink, toll, strike the bells of a clock”), German Low German tinken (“to tink”). Compare also English ting.

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tn)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tk)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tip)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-ton)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tit)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tnt)
- **tsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tsk)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tun)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tok)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tio)
- **took** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-took)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tony)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tiny)
- **tips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tips)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tone)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tons)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-twin)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tune)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tire)
- **tits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tink-vs-tits)

## Common misspellings (6)
`itnk`, `tikn`, `tinkk`, `tinnk`, `tnik`, `ttink`

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