strike me pink
"strike-me-pink" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strike me pink” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an exclamation of surprise
Corpus desk
Index EN-strike-me-pink · strike me pink · English
strike me pink · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strike me pink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “strike me pink” in English
Rare enough to double-check
strike me pink is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an exclamation of surprise".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for strike me pink, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is strike me pink, spelled S-T-R-I-K-E- -M-E- -P-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1an exclamation of surprise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how strike me pink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bill slouched up to the tent and entered. When he beheld the magnificent proportions of Robert he said but little - 'Strike me pink!' were the only words the children could afterwards remember - but he produced fifteen shillings, mainly in sixpences and coppers, and handed it to Robert.
Why, strike me pink, I'd sooner drink / With a cove sent up for arson / Than a rain-beseeching, preaching, teaching, / Blanky, cranky parson.
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.