drunk as a skunk
"drunk-as-a-skunk" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drunk as a skunk” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Highly inebriated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drunk-as-a-skunk · drunk as a skunk · English
drunk as a skunk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 skunk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drunk as a skunk” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drunk as a skunk is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Highly inebriated.".
Zero misspellings are on record for drunk as a skunk in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom. The correct English form is drunk as a skunk, spelled D-R-U-N-K- -A-S- -A- -S-K-U-N-K.
Definition
- 1Highly inebriated.
Etymology
Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.
Synonyms
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.