Birdie or birdy?
birdie is a noun meaning “A bird; especially, a small and cute one”; birdy is an adjective meaning “Resembling or characteristic of a bird”. Use birdie as a noun and birdy as an adjective. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) birdie is about 4.6 times as common as birdy.
What is the difference between birdie and birdy?
| birdie | birdy | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | adjective, noun |
| Meaning | A bird; especially, a small and cute one The completion of a hole one stroke below par To score a birdie | Resembling or characteristic of a bird Having an interest in birds |
| Example | Near-synonyms: birdlet, birdling, birb, cocky | I think your dog is getting birdy |
| Forms | birdies | none |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɜː.di/ /ˈbɝ.di/ [ˈbɚɾi] | /ˈbɝdi/ |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: birdie and birdy in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of birdie and birdy
birdie
- 1
A bird; especially, a small and cute one
Near-synonyms: birdlet, birdling, birb, cocky
- 2
To score a birdie
Sörenstam birdied to take the lead
- 3
The completion of a hole one stroke below par
He scored ten birdies during the tournament
- 4
To score a birdie at (a hole)
Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead
- 5
A shuttlecock
- 6
slangA penis
- 7
An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device
- 8
A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger
birdy
- 1
Resembling or characteristic of a bird
- 2
Alternative spelling of birdie
- 3
Having an interest in birds
- 4
Excited due to having encountered a bird or its scent
I think your dog is getting birdy
- 5
CanadacolloquialAlternative form of bird (“easy to pass”)
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, birdie or birdy?
birdie appears 1.8 times per million words; birdy about once in every 3 million words.
birdie 1.8 times per million wordsbirdy about once in every 3 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search birdie vs birdy?
“birdie vs birdy” is searched about 70 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“birdy vs birdie”, “birdie or birdy”).
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