goalie
/ˈɡoʊli/noun, verb
goalie is spelled G-O-A-L-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, goalie means “A goalkeeper or goaltender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of goalie is goalies.
How many letters and syllables are in goalie?
| Letters | 6: G-O-A-L-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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 goalie?
Goalie appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 goalie?
- UK /ˈɡəʊl.i/
- US /ˈɡoʊli/
Goalie 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-goalie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with goalie?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as goalie from its last stressed vowel (/oʊli/):
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 goalie
- goalies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- goalieing participle, present
- goalied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does goalie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialA goalkeeper or goaltender.
verb
- 1
colloquialTo act as a goalie, to tend the goals, to mind the net.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Goalie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense colloquial form of goalkeeper or goaltender:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does goalie come from?
Clipping of goalkeeper or goaltender + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).