Mommie or mommy?
mommie is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of mommy”; mommy is a noun meaning “Mother”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) mommy is about 74 times as common as mommie.
What is the difference between mommie and mommy?
| mommie | mommy | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb, adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of mommy | CanadaUSMother vulgarA sexually attractive mother |
| Example | none recorded | My girlfriend loves it when I call her mommy |
| Forms | mommies | mommies |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈmɒm.i/ /ˈmɔ.mi/ |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words | 7.8 times per million words |
Sources: mommie and mommy 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 mommie and mommy
mommie
- 1
Alternative spelling of mommy
mommy
- 1
CanadaUSMother
- 2
vulgarA sexually attractive mother
- 3
slangAny sexually attractive woman
- 4
A dominant female partner, often used as a term of address
My girlfriend loves it when I call her mommy
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, mommie or mommy?
mommie appears about once in every 10 million words; mommy 7.8 times per million words.
mommie about once in every 10 million wordsmommy 7.8 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).