booze
/buz/noun, verb
booze is spelled B-O-O-Z-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, booze means “Any alcoholic beverage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of booze is boozes.
How many letters and syllables are in booze?
| Letters | 5: B-O-O-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is booze?
Booze appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 booze?
- UK /buːz/
- British /bʉwz/
- US /buz/
Booze has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-booze.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with booze?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as booze from its last stressed vowel (/uz/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of booze
- boozes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- boose
- boozing participle, present
- boozed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does booze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialAny alcoholic beverage.
- 2
colloquialAny hard liquor.
- 3
archaiccolloquialA session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.
verb
- 1
slangTo drink alcohol.
We were out all night boozing until we dragged ourselves home hung over.
- 2
slangTo drink (an alcoholic beverage).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Booze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bibine, picole , picoler |
| German | Schnaps, Fusel, Alkohol, Alkoholisches, Alk , saufen |
| Portuguese | bebida, birita |
| Spanish | trago, aguardiente, chupe, copa, copete, bebercio |
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 booze come from?
Originally a Northern England dialectal form of bowse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).