dirty joke
"dirty-joke" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dirty joke” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - A joke with a morally objectionable or obscene punchline.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dirty-joke · dirty joke · English
dirty joke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | dirty joke |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dirty joke” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dirty joke is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A joke with a morally objectionable or obscene punchline.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dirty joke in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is dirty joke, spelled D-I-R-T-Y- -J-O-K-E.
Definition
- 1A joke with a morally objectionable or obscene punchline.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dirty joke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The old woman left the concert because she was disgusted with the comedian's dirty jokes.
This word in other languages
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.