sloppy drunk

adj

"sloppy-drunk" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Very drunk.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sloppy-drunk · sloppy drunk · English

sloppy drunk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 sloppy drunk
PropertyValue
Headwordsloppy drunk
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sloppy drunk” sits in English frequency

sloppy drunk falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

sloppy drunk is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very drunk.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sloppy drunk, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sloppy drunk, spelled S-L-O-P-P-Y- -D-R-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Very drunk.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. “He wants to talk to you, Reverend Wayne. Honestly, if Joseph was a drinking man I would say he’s sloppy drunk. He just doesn’t make sense.”
  2. ‘Listen, business is pretty good, but I got to take off. Keep the joint open as long as you got any customers. Even if they’re sloppy drunk. If they’re hog drunk, but spending money, keep the joint open.’

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sloppy drunk"?
"sloppy drunk" is spelled S-L-O-P-P-Y- -D-R-U-N-K.
What does "sloppy drunk" mean?
As an adjective, "sloppy drunk" means: Very drunk.
What language does "sloppy drunk" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list