get drunk

verb

"get-drunk" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“get drunk” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To intoxicate oneself with alcohol. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Corpus desk

Index EN-get-drunk · get drunk · English

get drunk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for get drunk
PropertyValue
Headwordget drunk
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “get drunk” in English

get drunksits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

get drunk is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for get drunk in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 get drunk, spelled G-E-T- -D-R-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    To intoxicate oneself with alcohol. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  2. 2
    To make drunk. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. I'm going out tonight to get drunk.
  2. Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no, but would I go here to get drunk on the cheap? Absolutely.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "get drunk"?
"get drunk" is spelled G-E-T- -D-R-U-N-K.
What does "get drunk" mean?
As a verb, "get drunk" means: To intoxicate oneself with alcohol. (This entry is a translation hub.)
What language does "get drunk" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list