# drinker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #22,958

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
2. Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
3. A device from which animals can drink.
4. A pub.
5. A lasiocampid moth of species Euthrix potatoria, having an orange-brown colour.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **driver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinker-vs-driver)
- **drinks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinker-vs-drinks)
- **drunken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinker-vs-drunken)
- **Drucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinker-vs-drucker)
- **drink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drink-vs-drinker)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diner-vs-drinker)
- **drier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drier-vs-drinker)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dinner-vs-drinker)
- **drifter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drifter-vs-drinker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddrinker`, `dirnker`, `drikner`, `drinekr`, `drinkerr`, `drinkker`, `drinkre`, `drinnker`, `drniker`, `drrinker`, `rdinker`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/drinker