junkie
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/noun
junkie is spelled J-U-N-K-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, junkie means “A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of junkie is junkies.
How many letters and syllables are in junkie?
| Letters | 6: J-U-N-K-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is junkie?
Junkie appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 junkie?
- /ˈd͡ʒʌŋki/
Junkie 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-au-junkie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with junkie
Also written: junky.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of junkie
- junkies plural
- junky
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does junkie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
derogatoryslangA narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
- 2
slangAn enthusiast of something.
English people are travel junkies, but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Junkie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 junkie come from?
From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).