skunked
"skunked" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skunked” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skunked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “skunked” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for skunked is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for skunked, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 skunked, spelled S-K-U-N-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs.
- 2Having caught no fish at all when on a fishing trip.
- 3Having seen no birds at all when on a birding trip.
- 4Ruined by poor storage or exposure to light.
- 5Transitioning to a new meaning or usage and potentially controversial.
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 “skunked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-K-U-N-K-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.