coldie
"coldie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coldie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cold bottle or can of beer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coldie · coldie · English
coldie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coldie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coldie” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coldie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cold bottle or can of beer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coldie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cold + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), for cold one. Compare tinnie. The correct English form is coldie, spelled C-O-L-D-I-E.
Definition
- 1A cold bottle or can of beer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coldie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2000, Markus Zusak, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, in 2011, Underdogs (omnibus edition), page 255, As expected, she's sitting in the stand, holding a hot dog in one hand and balancing a coldie and a cigarette in the other.
He reached under his seat and pulled out a Foster′s. “I don't suppose you′d care for a coldie?” “I don′t mind if I do.” “There′s a girl!” He popped the tab and passed it over.
Etymology
From cold + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), for cold one. Compare tinnie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.