drinker
/ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/noun
drinker is spelled D-R-I-N-K-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drinker means “Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of drinker is drinkers.
How many letters and syllables are in drinker?
| Letters | 7: D-R-I-N-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th 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 drinker?
Drinker appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 drinker?
- UK /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈdɹɪŋkɚ/
Drinker has 2 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). Recordings: En-au-drinker.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-drinker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with drinker?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as drinker from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋkəɹ/):
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 drinker
- drinkers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does drinker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
- 2
Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
a heavy drinker
- 3
A device from which animals can drink.
a bell drinker
- 4
slangA pub.
- 5
A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Drinker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | buveur, buveuse |
| German | Trinker, Trinkerin , Gewohnheitstrinker, Gewohnheitstrinkerin |
| Portuguese | bebedor, bebedora |
| Spanish | bebedor, bebedora |
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 drinker come from?
From Middle English drinkere, drynkere, from Old English drincere (“drinker”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkārijaz (“drinker”), equivalent to drink + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drinker (“drinker”), West Frisian drinker (“drinker”), Dutch drinker (“drinker”), German Low German Drinker (“drinker”), German Trinker (“drinker”), Danish drikker (“drinker”), Swedish drickare, drinkare (“drinker”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).