bunkie
/ˈbʌŋki/noun
bunkie is spelled B-U-N-K-I-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bunkie means “A bunkmate, someone with whom one shares a bunk bed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bunkie is bunkies.
How many letters and syllables are in bunkie?
| Letters | 6: B-U-N-K-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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 bunkie?
Bunkie appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 bunkie?
- /ˈbʌŋki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bunkie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bunkie
- bunkies plural
- bunky
- bunkee
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bunkie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bunkmate, someone with whom one shares a bunk bed.
- 2
Familiar term of address.
- 3
a small cabin with a bunk or bed(s), a free-standing bedroom or sleeping area separate from the main house or cottage, which may or may not have other facilities (a fully outfitted outbuilding with a kitchen or bathroom would be a guest house or accessory dwelling unit and not a bunkie)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bunkie come from?
From bunk + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).