# drunken

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdɹʌŋkən/ · frequency rank #11,883

## Definitions
1. past participle of drink

## Etymology
From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).

## Easily confused with
- **drunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drunken-vs-drunks)
- **drunkenly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drunken-vs-drunkenly)
- **drunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drunk-vs-drunken)
- **drinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinker-vs-drunken)
- **Drucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drucker-vs-drunken)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddrunken`, `drnuken`, `drrunken`, `druknen`, `drunekn`, `drunkenn`, `drunkken`, `drunkne`, `drunnken`, `durnken`, `rdunken`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/drunken