sink
/sɪŋk/
The verdict
“sink” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,390 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hundirse;
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sink |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɪŋk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sink” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sink is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,390 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /sɪŋk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
sink doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sink, spelled S-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1Hundirse;
- 2Sumergirse.
- 3Enterrarse.
- 4Bajarse.
- 5Desplomarse.
- 6Degradarse.
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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Using “sink”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɪŋk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.