pinkie
/ˈpɪŋki/noun
pinkie is spelled P-I-N-K-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “pinkie vs pinky” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, pinkie means “A little finger, the finger furthest on a hand from the thumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pinkie is pinkies.
How many letters and syllables are in pinkie?
| Letters | 6: P-I-N-K-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is pinkie?
Pinkie appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 pinkie?
- /ˈpɪŋki/
Pinkie 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-pinkie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pinkie
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: pinky (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: pinky.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pinkie
- pinkies plural
- pinky
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pinkie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA little finger, the finger furthest on a hand from the thumb.
- 2
informalA little toe, the toe furthest on a foot from the big toe.
- 3
AustraliaA bilby.
- 4
Alternative form of pinky (“baby mouse”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pinkie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense little toe:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kleiner Zeh |
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 pinkie come from?
From Dutch pinkje (literally “little finger”), which in the Holland dialects takes the form pinkie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).