zink
\t͡sɪŋk\
The verdict
“zink” is uncommon French (frequency #77,167 among 39,292 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,167
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de zinken.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zink |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \t͡sɪŋk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zink” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zink is uncommon French at frequency #77,167 among 39,292 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \t͡sɪŋk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de zinken.".
Zero misspellings are on record for zink in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is zink, spelled Z-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de zinken.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zink”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-I-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \t͡sɪŋk\ (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.