# bookie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʊki/ · frequency rank #42,553

## Definitions
1. A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.

## Etymology
Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.

## Easily confused with
- **books** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-books)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-broke)
- **booze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-booze)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-bowie)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-boone)
- **Brooke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-brooke)
- **brodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-brodie)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-booking)
- **booklet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-booklet)
- **bookish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bookie-vs-bookish)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/book-vs-bookie)
- **bloke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloke-vs-bookie)
- **Bodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodie-vs-bookie)
- **booked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booked-vs-bookie)
- **Bonnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bonnie-vs-bookie)
- **boogie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boogie-vs-bookie)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booker-vs-bookie)
- **boobies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boobies-vs-bookie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbookie`, `bokie`, `bokoie`, `booike`, `bookei`, `bookkie`, `obokie`

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