Guinness
/ˈɡɪnɪs/noun
Guinness is spelled G-U-I-N-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Guinness means “A serving of the beverage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Guinness is Guinnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in Guinness?
| Letters | 8: G-U-I-N-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th 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 Guinness?
Guinness appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 Guinness?
- /ˈɡɪnɪs/
Guinness 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-us-Guinness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Guinness
- Guinnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Guinness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A serving of the beverage.
Three Guinnesses please, barman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Guinness come from?
An Anglicization of Irish Mac Aonghusa (literally “son of Angus”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).