brinksmanship
noun
brinksmanship is spelled B-R-I-N-K-S-M-A-N-S-H-I-P: 13 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brinksmanship means “Alternative form of brinkmanship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brinksmanship is brinksmanships.
How many letters and syllables are in brinksmanship?
| Letters | 13: B-R-I-N-K-S-M-A-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is brinksmanship?
Brinksmanship appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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 brinksmanship?
Brinksmanship has 3 syllables (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).
Forms of brinksmanship
- brinksmanships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brinksmanship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of brinkmanship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does brinksmanship come from?
From brink + -s- + -manship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).