drunker

adj

"drunker" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“drunker” is uncommon English (frequency #80,403 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,403
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of drunk: more drunk

Corpus desk

Index EN-drunker · drunker · English

drunker · rank #80,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,403
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH drumline

Nearest frequency peer: drumline (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “drunker”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “drunker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for drunker
PropertyValue
Headworddrunker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “drunker” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).drunkerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “drumline” (#80,402), “duodenal” (#80,404), “drownings” (#80,401). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “drunker” is #80,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

drunker is uncommon English at frequency #80,403 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of drunk: more drunk".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for drunker, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is drunker, spelled D-R-U-N-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    comparative form of drunk: more drunk

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how drunker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. What's more, the longer you keep it around, the drunker you'll be: the fermentation process continues over days, until the sweet grape juice you bought a week ago is all alcohol and ready for party.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drunker"?
"drunker" is spelled D-R-U-N-K-E-R.
What does "drunker" mean?
As an adjective, "drunker" means: comparative form of drunk: more drunk
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drunker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list