pollie
noun
pollie is spelled P-O-L-L-I-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Pollie, the name). As a noun, pollie means “A politician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pollie is pollies.
How many letters and syllables are in pollie?
| Letters | 6: P-O-L-L-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pollie?
Pollie appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Pollie, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pollie?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pollie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pollie
- pollies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pollie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliainformalA politician.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pollie come from?
From politician + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).