# stank

> English word · Verb · IPA /stæŋk/ · frequency rank #39,107

## Definitions
1. simple past of stink

## Easily confused with
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stay)
- **star** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-star)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stat)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-swan)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-sunk)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stun)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-state)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-start)
- **stock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stock)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stars)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stone)
- **stick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stick)
- **stuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stuck)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stats)
- **stays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stays)
- **stark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stark)
- **steak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-steak)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stare)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-stunt)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stank-vs-sting)

## Common misspellings (8)
`satnk`, `sstank`, `stakn`, `stankk`, `stannk`, `stnak`, `sttank`, `tsank`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stank