Tlingit
/ˈklɪŋkɪt/
"tlingit" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tlingit” is uncommon English (frequency #91,072 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,072
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tlingit · Tlingit · English
Tlingit · rank #91,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,072
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tinley
Nearest frequency peer: Tinley (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “Tlingit”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thyroxine
thyroxine
8,932 corpus weight
- Tinley
Tinley
8,931 corpus weight
- Tlingit
Tlingit
8,929 corpus weight
- TME
TME
8,927 corpus weight
- tolerably
tolerably
8,926 corpus weight
- torta
torta
8,925 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tlingit” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tlingit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklɪŋkɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tlingit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tlingit is uncommon English at frequency #91,072 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklɪŋkɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.".
Tlingit has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít. The correct English form is Tlingit, spelled T-L-I-N-G-I-T.
Definition
- 1A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tlingit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Today (about fifty years later) it is not likely that any Tlingit would make quite these mistakes. Even if they have never seen a live sheep, probably they have all seen pictures of them. But the same kind of mistakes are still with us today. We meet them in translation of verses, of Bible stories and the choruses that the Tlingits sing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.
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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