damn straight
"damn-straight" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“damn straight” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Without doubt, certainly, for sure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damn-straight · damn straight · English
damn straight · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 straight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “damn straight” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
damn straight is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Without doubt, certainly, for sure.".
damn straight doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is damn straight, spelled D-A-M-N- -S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Without doubt, certainly, for sure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how damn straight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: damn right, damn skippy, fucking A; absolutely, bet one's life
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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