make a stink
"make-a-stink" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“make a stink” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.
Corpus desk
Index EN-make-a-stink · make a stink · English
make a stink · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | make a stink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “make a stink” in English
Rare enough to double-check
make a stink is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.".
No misspelling variants are generated for make a stink in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is make a stink, spelled M-A-K-E- -A- -S-T-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how make a stink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If nothing happens when you ask nicely, make a stink until something gets done.
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.