plushie
/ˈplʌʃi/
"plushie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plushie” is uncommon English (frequency #73,537 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,537
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of plush toy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plushie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈplʌʃi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plushie” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
plushie is uncommon English at frequency #73,537 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈplʌʃi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plushie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From plush + -ie. The correct English form is plushie, spelled P-L-U-S-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of plush toy.
- 2A plush slipper.
Etymology
From plush + -ie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “plushie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-L-U-S-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈplʌʃi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.