wine
/ˈwaɪ̯n/noun, verb
wine is spelled W-I-N-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 55 times per million words in written English, the 1,865th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “whine vs wine” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, wine means “An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wine is wines.
How many letters and syllables are in wine?
| Letters | 4: W-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 55 times per million words; the 1,865th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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 wine?
Wine appears 55 times per million words in written English, the 1,865th 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 wine?
- /ˈwaɪ̯n/
- [ˈwaɪ̯n]
Wine has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-wine.ogg, En-us-wine.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with wine
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: whine (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of wine
- wines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- wining participle, present
- wined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
Wine is usually stronger than beer.
- 2
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting other substances, producing a similar ABV.
...dandelion wine, rice wine, plum wine...
- 3
A serving of wine.
I'd like three beers and two wines, please. My friend will have the same.
- 4
The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple.
- 5
UKWind.
verb
- 1
To entertain (someone) with wine.
- 2
To drink wine.
- 3
To perform a Jamaican dance, such as the Dutty Wine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vin , lie-de-vin , arroser, fêter en buvant , boire du vin |
| German | Wein, Wii (Haut Rhin), Win (Bas Rhin), Woi , weinrot , mit Wein traktieren |
| Portuguese | vinho , beber vinho |
| Spanish | vino, mostagán, morapio, vinazo, pitarra (homebrewed), turco |
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 wine come from?
From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).