pokies
"pokies" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pokies” is uncommon English (frequency #61,714 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,714
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of pokie
Corpus desk
Index EN-pokies · pokies · English
pokies · rank #61,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,714
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pneumothorax
Nearest frequency peer: pneumothorax (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pokies”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pinstripe
pinstripe
38,293 corpus weight
- platforming
platforming
38,291 corpus weight
- pneumothorax
pneumothorax
38,288 corpus weight
- pokies
pokies
38,287 corpus weight
- postpaid
postpaid
38,283 corpus weight
- pranking
pranking
38,282 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pokies” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pokies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pokies” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pokies is uncommon English at frequency #61,714 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pokies in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is pokies, spelled P-O-K-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of pokie
- 2plural of poky
- 3A woman's nipples when protruding, e.g. from cold or arousal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pokies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Besides,” Linda piped in, “your little pokies will be fine in a halter.” They all laughed and Terri relaxed a little.
His eyes flick up and down, then it's like he notices my pokies and makes a point not to stare.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).