bargee
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒi/noun
bargee is spelled B-A-R-G-E-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bargee means “A crewman of a working barge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bargee is bargees.
How many letters and syllables are in bargee?
| Letters | 6: B-A-R-G-E-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bargee?
Bargee appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 bargee?
- /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bargee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bargee
Sounds like: bhaji (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of bargee
- bargees plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bargee mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A crewman of a working barge.
- 2
A vulgar person, prone to bad language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bargee come from?
From barge + -ee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).