stanky
"stanky" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stanky” is uncommon English (frequency #91,017 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,017
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - smelly; stinky
Corpus desk
Index EN-stanky · stanky · English
stanky · rank #91,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,017
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH stap
Nearest frequency peer: stap (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “stanky”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- spiderweb
spiderweb
8,991 corpus weight
- splanchnic
splanchnic
8,990 corpus weight
- squee
squee
8,988 corpus weight
- stanky
stanky
8,984 corpus weight
- stap
stap
8,982 corpus weight
- stoat
stoat
8,978 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “stanky” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stanky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “stanky” in English
Rare enough to double-check
stanky is uncommon English at frequency #91,017 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "smelly; stinky".
Zero misspellings are on record for stanky in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From stank + -y. The correct English form is stanky, spelled S-T-A-N-K-Y.
Definition
- 1smelly; stinky
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stanky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A gross-gutted, bulb-nosed, bourbon-stanky Boston flatfoot in plain clothes wrinkled white sox, with a race track tip-sheet stuffed in his back pocket trying real hard to mingle unnoticed at an elegant Buddies "do" to glean inside-dope.
As fun as fish are to watch, they require a lot of fish food, and fish food makes fish poop, and pooping fish make for a stanky tank after too long. Just say no to stanky tanks.
Etymology
From stank + -y.
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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