pranked
/pɹæŋkt/
"pranked" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pranked” is uncommon English (frequency #63,153 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,153
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of prank
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pranked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹæŋkt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pranked” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pranked is uncommon English at frequency #63,153 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɹæŋkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of prank".
pranked 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pranked, spelled P-R-A-N-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of prank
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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Using “pranked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-A-N-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.