drinks
/dɹɪŋks/noun, verb
drinks is spelled D-R-I-N-K-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, drinks means “A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in drinks?
| Letters | 6: D-R-I-N-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 27 times per million words; the 3,422nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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 drinks?
Drinks appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd 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 drinks?
- /dɹɪŋks/
Drinks 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-drinks.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with drinks
Sounds like: drynx (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does drinks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.
- 2
plural of drink
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of drink
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).