loonie
/ˈluːni/noun
loonie is spelled L-O-O-N-I-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loonie means “The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loonie is loonies.
How many letters and syllables are in loonie?
| Letters | 6: L-O-O-N-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 loonie?
Loonie appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 loonie?
- UK /ˈluːni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-loonie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with loonie
Sounds like: loony (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: loony.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with loonie?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as loonie from its last stressed vowel (/uni/, British pronunciation):
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 loonie
- loonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loonie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadainformalThe Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987.
- 2
CanadainformalThe dollar as the Canadian unit of currency.
The loonie continued to rise against the greenback today.
- 3
Alternative form of loony.
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of Earth's Moon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does loonie come from?
From loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).