gunky
/ɡʌŋki/adjective
gunky is spelled G-U-N-K-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gunky means “greasy, messy or dirty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gunky?
| Letters | 5: G-U-N-K-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gunky?
Gunky appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gunky?
- /ɡʌŋki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gunky.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gunky
- gunkier comparative
- gunkiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gunky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
colloquialgreasy, messy or dirty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gunky come from?
From gunk + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).