boozing ken

noun

"boozing-ken" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“boozing ken” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pub; a public house; a tavern.

Corpus desk

Index EN-boozing-ken · boozing ken · English

boozing ken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for boozing ken
PropertyValue
Headwordboozing ken
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “boozing ken” in English

boozing kensits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

boozing ken is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pub; a public house; a tavern.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for boozing ken, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of bousing ken. The correct English form is boozing ken, spelled B-O-O-Z-I-N-G- -K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pub; a public house; a tavern.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. We straight betook our selves to the Boozing Ken; and having bubb'd nimly, we concluded an everlasting friendship.
  2. The Ruffler, who found his representative in a very magnificently equipped, and by no means ill-favoured knave, whose chin was decorated with a beard as lengthy and as black as Sultan Mahmood's, together with the dexterous Hooker, issued forth from the hovel which they termed their boozing ken, eager to catch a glimpse of the Prince of the High Toby Gloaks.

Etymology

Alteration of bousing ken.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "boozing ken"?
"boozing ken" is spelled B-O-O-Z-I-N-G- -K-E-N.
What does "boozing ken" mean?
As a noun, "boozing ken" means: A pub; a public house; a tavern.
What is the origin of the word "boozing ken"?
Alteration of bousing ken. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list