drink

\dʁiŋk\

/\dʁiŋk\/ noun

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The verdict

“drink” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,765
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cérémonie où l’on sert des boissons et souvent accompagné de zakouski.

Corpus desk

Index FR-drink · drink · French

drink · rank #37,765 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,765
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dominées

Nearest frequency peer: dominées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « drink »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « drink » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drink vs dunk
60% similar
drink vs drone
60% similar
drink vs drive
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drink
PropertyValue
Headworddrink
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʁiŋk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,765
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « drink »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).drinkse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dominées » (#37,764), « druides » (#37,766), « DSM » (#37,767). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « drink » est au #37,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around drink (IPA \dʁiŋk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,765 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for drink, with forms such as "ddrink", "dirnk", and "drikn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "dunk", "drone", "drive", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is drink, spelled D-R-I-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cérémonie où l’on sert des boissons et souvent accompagné de zakouski.
  2. 2
    Verre d’alcool ; boisson festive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après la réunion, il y avait un drink.
  2. Entrez, entrez, mes amis, fit-il avec rondeur. Un drink ?…

Synonyms

apéritifréception

This word in other languages

Drink(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrink
  • dirnk
  • drikn
  • drinkk
  • drinnk
  • drnik
  • drrink
  • rdink

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drink - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddrink1dirnk2drikn2drinkk1drinnk1drnik2drrink1rdink2
Edit distance from "drink"

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 French 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 \dʁiŋk\.
What does "drink" mean?
As a noun, "drink" means: Cérémonie où l’on sert des boissons et souvent accompagné de zakouski.
What words are commonly confused with "drink"?
"drink" is commonly confused with "dunk", "drone", "drive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drink"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drink" is \dʁiŋk\. 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 French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Dupin#37,768durci#37,770clodo#37,729cimes#37,727

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

damier8 variantsColleen8 variantsfendue8 variantsfoison8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list