drunkard
/ˈdɹʌŋkɚd/
"drunkard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drunkard” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,790 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,790
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who is habitually drunk.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drunkard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹʌŋkɚd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “drunkard” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for drunkard is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɹʌŋkɚd/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,790 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A person who is habitually drunk.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for drunkard, with forms such as "ddrunkard", "drnukard", and "drrunkard". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”). Compare German Trunkart. Compare braggart. The correct English form is drunkard, spelled D-R-U-N-K-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A person who is habitually drunk.
Etymology
From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”). Compare German Trunkart. Compare braggart.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddrunkard,drnukard,drrunkard,druknard,drunakrd,drunkadr,drunkardd,drunkarrd,drunkkard,drunkrad,drunnkard,durnkard,rdunkard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drunkard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “drunkard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-R-U-N-K-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɹʌŋkɚd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.