drunker
"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
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19,602 corpus weight
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19,600 corpus weight
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19,599 corpus weight
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drunker
19,598 corpus weight
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19,597 corpus weight
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Dupuy
19,595 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “drunker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drunker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drunker” in English
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
- 1comparative form of drunk: more drunk
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how drunker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).