sink
/sɪŋk/
The verdict
“sink” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,390 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hundirse;
Corpus desk
Index ES-sink · sink · Spanish
sink · rank #91,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,390
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sinestesia
Nearest frequency peer: sinestesia (-1 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 “sink”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
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shoulder
8,618 corpus weight
- simetrías
simetrías
8,613 corpus weight
- sinestesia
sinestesia
8,612 corpus weight
- sink
sink
8,611 corpus weight
- socavado
socavado
8,606 corpus weight
- soldiers
soldiers
8,604 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sink” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “sink” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sink is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,390 among 4,169 “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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