zinc
[ˈsĩŋk]
The verdict
“zinc” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,322 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento químico de número atómico 30 y símbolo Zn situado en el grupo 12 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. El zinc es un metal, a veces clasificado como metal de transición continua aunque e...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zinc |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsĩŋk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zinc” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for zinc is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsĩŋk]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,322 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Elemento químico de número atómico 30 y símbolo Zn situado en el grupo 12 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. El zinc es un metal, a veces clasificado como metal de transición continua aunque e...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for zinc, with forms such as "iznc", "zicn", and "zincc". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "zona", "zone", "Zion", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is zinc, spelled Z-I-N-C.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico de número atómico 30 y símbolo Zn situado en el grupo 12 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. El zinc es un metal, a veces clasificado como metal de transición continua aunque estrictamente no lo sea, que presenta cierto parecido con el magnesio y el berilio además de con los elementos de su grupo. Este elemento es poco abundante en la corteza terrestre pero se obtiene con facilidad. Una de sus aplicaciones más importantes es el galvanizado del acero. Es un elemento químico esencial.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iznc,zicn,zincc,zinnc,znic,zzinc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zinc - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “zinc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-I-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsĩŋk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “zona” - see the side-by-side comparison. zinc vs zona
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.