flunkey
/ˈflʌŋki/
"flunkey" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flunkey” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flunkey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflʌŋki/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flunkey” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
flunkey is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflʌŋki/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
flunkey doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is flunkey, spelled F-L-U-N-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
- 2An unpleasant, snobby or cringeworthy person.
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.
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Using “flunkey”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-L-U-N-K-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈflʌŋki/ (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.