clinic

//ˈklɪn.ɪk// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,339

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

clinic is aSpanishnoun. It means: Clínica. Pronounced /ˈklɪn.ɪk/. Often confused with clínica and clínico.

Key facts for clinic
PropertyValue
Headwordclinic
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈklɪn.ɪk/
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,339
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of clinic in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for clinic is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈklɪn.ɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,339 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Clínica.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for clinic, with forms such as "cclinic", "cilnic", and "cliinc". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "clínica", "clínico", "clínicas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is clinic, spelled C-L-I-N-I-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clínica.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclinic,cilnic,cliinc,clinci,clinicc,clinnic,cllinic,clniic,lcinic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clinic

Misspelling Variants of "clinic"

cclinic7cilnic6cliinc6clinci6clinicc7clinnic7cllinic7clniic6
Misspelling Variants of "clinic"

Frequency rank: #42,339 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clinic"?
"clinic" is spelled C-L-I-N-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈklɪn.ɪk/.
What does "clinic" mean?
As a noun, "clinic" means: Clínica.
What words are commonly confused with "clinic"?
"clinic" is commonly confused with "clínica", "clínico", "clínicas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clinic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clinic" is /ˈklɪn.ɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clinic" come from?
"clinic" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.