damn right
"damn-right" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“damn right” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damn-right · damn right · English
damn right · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | damn right |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “damn right” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
damn right is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.".
Zero misspellings are on record for damn right in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is damn right, spelled D-A-M-N- -R-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how damn right appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: damn straight
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.
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