zonked
/zɒŋkt/adjective
zonked is spelled Z-O-N-K-E-D: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, zonked means “Extremely fatigued” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in zonked?
| Letters | 6: Z-O-N-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is zonked?
Zonked appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce zonked?
- /zɒŋkt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-zonked.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of zonked
- more zonked comparative
- most zonked superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zonked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangExtremely fatigued.
After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked.
- 2
slangDeeply asleep.
I must have been really zonked. They said it took fifteen minutes to wake me up.
- 3
slangDrunk; intoxicated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zonked in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense slang: extremely fatigued:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crevé |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zonked come from?
From zonk + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).