# thunk

> English word · Verb · IPA /θʌŋk/ · frequency rank #47,382

## Definitions
1. past participle of think

## Etymology
By analogy with past participles ending in "-unk", such as drunk and sunk.

## Easily confused with
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tun)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-thus)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tune)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tuna)
- **tuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tuck)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-turk)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tung)
- **tusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tusk)
- **tink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tink)
- **tonk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-tonk)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-truck)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-trunk)
- **twink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-twink)
- **trunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thunk-vs-trunks)
- **Thu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thu-vs-thunk)
- **than** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/than-vs-thunk)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/then-vs-thunk)
- **tank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tank-vs-thunk)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thin-vs-thunk)
- **thug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thug-vs-thunk)

## Common misspellings (8)
`htunk`, `thhunk`, `thnuk`, `thukn`, `thunkk`, `thunnk`, `tthunk`, `tuhnk`

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