kiddie
[ˈkʰɪɾi]noun
kiddie is spelled K-I-D-D-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kiddie means “A child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kiddie is kiddies.
How many letters and syllables are in kiddie?
| Letters | 6: K-I-D-D-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th 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 kiddie?
Kiddie appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th 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 kiddie?
- /ˈkɪdi/
- US [ˈkʰɪɾi]
- [ˈkʰɘɾiː]
Kiddie 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-kiddie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kiddie
- kiddies plural
- kiddy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kiddie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA child.
The kiddie pool was shallow so the children would be safe, which meant it was much warmer than the adult pool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kiddie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a child (hypocorism):
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 kiddie come from?
From kid + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).