whisky
whis·ky/ˈwɪski/noun
whisky is spelled W-H-I-S-K-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables (whis·ky). It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “whiskey vs whisky” about 3,600 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, whisky means “Alternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, (particularly) Scotch; a drink of this…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of whisky is whiskies.
How many letters and syllables are in whisky?
| Letters | 6: W-H-I-S-K-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: whis·ky |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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).
How common is whisky?
Whisky appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 whisky?
- /ˈwɪski/
- /ˈʍɪski/
Whisky has 2 syllables, split whis·ky in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-whisky.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with whisky
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: whiskey.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of whisky
- whiskies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whisky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaScotlandAlternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, (particularly) Scotch; a drink of this liquor.
- 2
Alternative form of whiskey (“a light gig or carriage”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does whisky come from?
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).