bowie
/ˈboʊ.i/noun
bowie is spelled B-O-W-I-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bowie means “A Bowie knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bowie is bowies.
How many letters and syllables are in bowie?
| Letters | 5: B-O-W-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th 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 bowie?
Bowie appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 bowie?
- UK /ˈbəʊ.i/
- UK /ˈbaʊ.i/
- US /ˈboʊ.i/
Bowie 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Bowie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bowie?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bowie from its last stressed vowel (/oʊi/):
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 bowie
- bowies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bowie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Bowie knife.
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of Bowie knife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bowie come from?
From Irish Ó Buadhaigh and Scottish Gaelic Mac 'Ille Bhuidh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).