Skunk

[skʊŋk]

/[skʊŋk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Skunk” is uncommon German (frequency #94,887 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,887
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung eines Tieres aus der Gruppe der Stinktiere

Corpus desk

Index DE-skunk · Skunk · German

Skunk · rank #94,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,887
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH slope

Nearest frequency peer: slope (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Skunk“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Skunk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Skunk
PropertyValue
HeadwordSkunk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[skʊŋk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,887
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Skunk“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Skunkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „slope“ (#94,888), „Skiverbandes“ (#94,885), „slut“ (#94,889). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Skunk“ bei #94,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Skunk is uncommon German at frequency #94,887 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [skʊŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Skunk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Skunk, spelled S-K-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bezeichnung eines Tieres aus der Gruppe der Stinktiere
  2. 2
    Familie der Stinktiere (siehe [1])

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Skunk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wenn man einem Skunk zu nahe kommt, muss man mit einer starken Geruchsbelästigung rechnen.
  2. „Im Licht der schmalen Mondsichel sah Brian deutlich den buschigen Schweif, den der Skunk zierlich in die Luft reckte, und die weißen Streifen an seinem Rücken.“

Synonyms

StinktierStreifenskunkStinktiere

This word in other languages

skunk(English)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Skunk"?
"Skunk" is spelled S-K-U-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is [skʊŋk].
What does "Skunk" mean?
As a noun, "Skunk" means: Bezeichnung eines Tieres aus der Gruppe der Stinktiere
How do you pronounce "Skunk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Skunk" is [skʊŋk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Skunk" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Skunk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

slope#94,888sonnt#94,896spiro#94,912Tauen#94,954

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list