archie
/ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/noun
archie is spelled A-R-C-H-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, archie means “Alternative form of Archie (“anti-aircraft artillery”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of archie is archies.
How many letters and syllables are in archie?
| Letters | 6: A-R-C-H-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is archie?
Archie appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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 archie?
- UK /ˈɑːt͡ʃi/
- US /ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/
- UK /ˈɑːki/
- US /ˈɑɹki/
Archie has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Archie.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Archie2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with archie?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as archie from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtʃi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cahier.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of archie
- archies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does archie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Archie (“anti-aircraft artillery”).
noun
- 1
slangAnti-aircraft artillery.
- 2
slangA piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.
- 3
informalAn Acorn Archimedes computer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).