Which to use
“drinker” and “drinks” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,958
- “drinker” frequency rank
- #3,424
- “drinks” frequency rank
- 26382
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drinker | drinks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks. | plural of drink |
Where the eye mixes drinker and drinks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses drinker with drinks
A purely visual mix-up. drinker (/ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/) and drinks (/dɹɪŋks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drinker is recorded at frequency rank #22,958, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/. drinks is at rank #3,424, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɹɪŋks/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26382, this pair ranks #387,115 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of drinker vs drinks
Shared letters: diknr. Private to "drinker": e. Private to "drinks": s.
"drinker" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "drinks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "drinker" for "drinks" ever safe?
Frequency check: "drinker" vs "drinks" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "drinker" and "drinks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "drinker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drinks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,115 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drinker" and "drinks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "drinker vs Drucker". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #387,115 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.