oldie
/ˈoʊldi/noun
oldie is spelled O-L-D-I-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oldie means “Something or someone old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oldie is oldies.
How many letters and syllables are in oldie?
| Letters | 5: O-L-D-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 oldie?
Oldie appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 oldie?
- UK /ˈəʊldi/
- US /ˈoʊldi/
Oldie 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)-Vealhurl-oldie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oldie?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as oldie (/oʊldi/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: oiled.
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 oldie
- oldies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oldie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalSomething or someone old.
- 2
informalA song or record from a previous era.
- 3
informalThe genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras.
an oldies radio station
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oldie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something or someone old:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Oldie |
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 oldie come from?
From old + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).