birdie
bird·ie/ˈbɝ.di/noun, verb
birdie is spelled B-I-R-D-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (bird·ie). It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Birdie, the name). People search “birdie vs birdy” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, birdie means “A bird; especially, a small and cute one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of birdie is birdies.
How many letters and syllables are in birdie?
| Letters | 6: B-I-R-D-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bird·ie |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is birdie?
Birdie appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Birdie, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce birdie?
- UK /ˈbɜː.di/
- US /ˈbɝ.di/
- US [ˈbɚɾi]
Birdie has 2 syllables, split bird·ie in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-birdie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with birdie
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: birdy.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with birdie?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as birdie from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bridie.
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 birdie
- birdies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- birdy
- birdieing participle, present
- birdying participle, present
- birdied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does birdie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bird; especially, a small and cute one.
Near-synonyms: birdlet, birdling, birb, cocky
- 2
The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
- 3
A shuttlecock.
- 4
slangA penis.
- 5
An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
- 6
A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
- 7
A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.
verb
- 1
To score a birdie.
Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
- 2
To score a birdie at (a hole).
Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Birdie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird, birdling:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | oiselet, oisillon |
| German | Vögelchen, Vöglein, Vögelein, Vogerl |
| Portuguese | passarinho |
| Spanish | pajarito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does birdie come from?
From bird + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).