binge drinking
"binge-drinking" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“binge drinking” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | binge drinking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “binge drinking” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
binge drinking is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time.".
No misspelling variants are generated for binge drinking in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is binge drinking, spelled B-I-N-G-E- -D-R-I-N-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “binge drinking”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-I-N-G-E- -D-R-I-N-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.