drunk as a lord
"drunk-as-a-lord" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drunk as a lord” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Completely drunk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drunk-as-a-lord · drunk as a lord · English
drunk as a lord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | drunk as a lord |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drunk as a lord” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drunk as a lord is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Completely drunk.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for drunk as a lord in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is drunk as a lord, spelled D-R-U-N-K- -A-S- -A- -L-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Completely drunk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drunk as a lord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He gave her a good hidin' an' went to th' Blue Lion an' got as drunk as a lord.
"Good many of them drunk as lords," said DuBois of the established merriment of the guests.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.