charlie
/ˈtʃɑɹli/noun
charlie is spelled C-H-A-R-L-I-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, charlie means “Alternative letter-case form of Charlie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of charlie is charlies.
How many letters and syllables are in charlie?
| Letters | 7: C-H-A-R-L-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 27 times per million words; the 3,422nd 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 charlie?
Charlie appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd 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 charlie?
- US /ˈtʃɑɹli/
Charlie 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-ca-Charlie.oga, En-au-charlie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with charlie?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as charlie from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹli/):
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 charlie
- charley
- charlies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does charlie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Charlie.
noun
- 1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C.
- 2
slangThe Vietcong (Victor Charlie); (by extension, sometimes) any enemy.
- 3
slangCocaine.
- 4
UKslangA fool.
You look a right Charlie in that clown outfit! – Yes, we make a right pair of Charlies.
- 5
slangA woman's breast
- 6
archaicslangA nightwatchman.
- 7
A short, pointed beard, like that of King Charles I.
- 8
The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).