stunk

/stʌŋk/

//stʌŋk// verb

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"stunk" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“stunk” is uncommon English (frequency #60,495 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,495
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of stink

Corpus desk

Index EN-stunk · stunk · English

stunk · rank #60,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,495
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Strutt

Nearest frequency peer: Strutt (-1 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 “stunk”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “stunk” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stunk
PropertyValue
Headwordstunk
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/stʌŋk/
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,495
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “stunk” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).stunkfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Strutt” (#60,494), “striated” (#60,493), “Subramanian” (#60,497). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “stunk” is #60,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stunk is uncommon English at frequency #60,495 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /stʌŋk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of stink".

stunk has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is stunk, spelled S-T-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of stink

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stunk"?
"stunk" is spelled S-T-U-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is /stʌŋk/.
What does "stunk" mean?
As a verb, "stunk" means: simple past and past participle of stink
How do you pronounce "stunk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stunk" is /stʌŋk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stunk" come from?
"stunk" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stunk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stile#60,491Staal#60,483smoot#60,476Tucci#60,526

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list