sharpie
/ˈʃɑɹpi/noun
sharpie is spelled S-H-A-R-P-I-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sharpie means “An alert person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sharpie is sharpies.
How many letters and syllables are in sharpie?
| Letters | 7: S-H-A-R-P-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,267th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 sharpie?
Sharpie appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,267th 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 sharpie?
- US /ˈʃɑɹpi/
- UK /ˈʃɑːpi/
Sharpie 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-sharpie.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Sharpie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sharpie?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sharpie from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹpi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sephira.
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 sharpie
- sharpies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sharpie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialAn alert person.
- 2
USA knowledgeable fisherman.
- 3
USA swindler.
- 4
USA long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
- 5
USClipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
- 6
AustraliaClipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
- 7
AustraliaA member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
- 8
A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.
noun
- 1
A permanent marker of the above brand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sharpie come from?
From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).