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nettie

noun

nettie is spelled N-E-T-T-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nettie means “Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nettie is netties.

How many letters and syllables are in nettie?

Letters6: N-E-T-T-I-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 nettie?

Nettie appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 nettie?

    Nettie 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).

    Forms of nettie

    • netties plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does nettie mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      Alternative form of netty: an outhouse; a lavatory; a toilet.

    2. 2

      informalAn Internet user, particularly a Usenet user.

    noun

    as Nettie
    1. 1

      Alternative letter-case form of nettie (“an Internet user, particularly a Usenet user”).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does nettie come from?

    See netty.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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