thick as two short planks
"thick-as-two-short-planks" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thick as two short planks” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very stupid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thick-as-two-short-plank · thick as two short planks · English
thick as two short planks · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thick as two short planks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thick as two short planks” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thick as two short planks is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Very stupid.".
thick as two short planks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is thick as two short planks, spelled T-H-I-C-K- -A-S- -T-W-O- -S-H-O-R-T- -P-L-A-N-K-S.
Definition
- 1Very stupid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how thick as two short planks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“I dunno. He’s thick as two short planks of wood, but his six brothers are all banged up in here, so he’s got eyes and ears all over the prison. Auntie Flip better watch out.”
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.