liquor
/ˈlɪk.ɚ/noun, verb
liquor is spelled L-I-Q-U-O-R. The wrong spelling people search most is liqour: about 570 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 15 of all searches for the word. Liquor is a noun meaning “A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both)”. The plural of liquor is liquors.
How many letters and syllables are in liquor?
| Letters | 6: L-I-Q-U-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, liqour, about 570 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Sounds like | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell liquor?
Liquor is spelled L-I-Q-U-O-R. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 13 of the searches for liquor in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is liquor?
Liquor appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th 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 liquor?
- UK /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈlɪk.ɚ/
Liquor 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-liquor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with liquor
Sounds like: licker (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with liquor?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as liquor from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkəɹ/):
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 liquor
- liquors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- liqa
- liquuh
- liquoring participle, present
- liquored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liquor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA liquid, a fluid.
- 2
obsoleteA beverage, any drinkable liquid.
- 3
A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- 4
UKA parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- 5
AustraliaCanadaUSStrong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
- 6
Any alcoholic beverage.
- 7
In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
- 8
A liquid in which something has been steeped.
verb
- 1
To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- 2
To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- 3
obsoleteTo grease.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Liquor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | jugo , licor |
| French | spiritueux |
| German | Spirituose, Lebenswasser, Branntwein |
| Portuguese | licor |
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 liquor come from?
From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).