# Archie

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɑːt͡ʃi/ · frequency rank #13,091

## Definitions
1. A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
2. A female given name.
3. A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.
4. A city in Cass County, Missouri, United States.
5. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie.

## Etymology
Clipping of Archibald + -ie.
The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969).

## Easily confused with
- **Arie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archie-vs-arie)
- **Artie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archie-vs-artie)
- **Arnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archie-vs-arnie)
- **Arctic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archie-vs-arctic)
- **archive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archie-vs-archive)
- **archives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archie-vs-archives)
- **arch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arch-vs-archie)
- **ache** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ache-vs-archie)
- **archer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archer-vs-archie)
- **arcade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arcade-vs-archie)
- **arches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arches-vs-archie)
- **arched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arched-vs-archie)
- **arcane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arcane-vs-archie)
- **archaic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archaic-vs-archie)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acrhie`, `arcchie`, `archei`, `archhie`, `arcihe`, `arhcie`, `arrchie`, `rachie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/archie