bobby
/ˈbɑbi/noun
bobby is spelled B-O-B-B-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Bobby, the name). As a noun, bobby means “A police officer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bobby is bobbies.
How many letters and syllables are in bobby?
| Letters | 5: B-O-B-B-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,934th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 bobby?
Bobby appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Bobby, 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 bobby?
- UK /ˈbɒbi/
- US /ˈbɑbi/
Bobby 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: En-au-bobby.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bobby?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bobby from its last stressed vowel (/ɑbi/):
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 bobby
- bobbies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bobby mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaIrelandUKslangA police officer.
- 2
AustraliaIrelandUKslangA railway signaller.
- 3
ScotlandslangA penis.
- 4
Cocaine.
- 5
A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
- 6
A banana that is extra small in size.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bobby in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense police officer:
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 bobby come from?
From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).