clin
[ˈklĩn]
The verdict
“clin” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,731 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,731
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante anticuada de crin.
Corpus desk
Index ES-clin · clin · Spanish
clin · rank #91,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,731
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cobrarían
Nearest frequency peer: cobrarían (+2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “clin”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cincos
cincos
8,277 corpus weight
- ciruja
ciruja
8,276 corpus weight
- clin
clin
8,270 corpus weight
- cobrarían
cobrarían
8,268 corpus weight
- cocinaban
cocinaban
8,266 corpus weight
- cocinaron
cocinaron
8,265 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “clin” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklĩn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “clin” en español
Rare enough to double-check
clin is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,731 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante anticuada de crin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is clin, spelled C-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Variante anticuada de crin.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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