drink

/dɹɪŋk/

//dɹɪŋk// verb

The verdict

“drink” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,223 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,223
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beber, tomar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-drink · drink · Spanish

drink · rank #52,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,223
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH duplican

Nearest frequency peer: duplican (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “drink”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “drink” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for drink
PropertyValue
Headworddrink
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɹɪŋk/
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “drink” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).drinkcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “duplican” (#52,224), “Débora” (#52,225), “elogiando” (#52,227). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “drink” va en #52,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

drink is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,223 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɹɪŋk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beber, tomar.".

No misspelling variants are generated for drink in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is drink, spelled D-R-I-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beber, tomar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how drink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drink"?
"drink" is spelled D-R-I-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is /dɹɪŋk/.
What does "drink" mean?
As a verb, "drink" means: Beber, tomar.
How do you pronounce "drink"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drink" is /dɹɪŋk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drink" come from?
"drink" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drink", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list