# clunky

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #35,222

## Definitions
1. Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
2. Being or making a clunk sound.

## Etymology
From clunk + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **cuny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clunky-vs-cuny)
- **county** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clunky-vs-county)
- **cranky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clunky-vs-cranky)
- **chunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-clunky)
- **clung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clung-vs-clunky)
- **clank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clank-vs-clunky)
- **clink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clink-vs-clunky)
- **chunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunks-vs-clunky)
- **clumsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clumsy-vs-clunky)
- **chunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunky-vs-clunky)
- **clancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clancy-vs-clunky)
- **clingy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clingy-vs-clunky)
- **Chucky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chucky-vs-clunky)

## Common misspellings (10)
`cclunky`, `cllunky`, `clnuky`, `clukny`, `clunkky`, `clunkyy`, `clunnky`, `clunyk`, `culnky`, `lcunky`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/clunky