# sharpie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɑɹpi/ · frequency rank #40,439

## Definitions
1. An alert person.
2. A knowledgeable fisherman.
3. A swindler.
4. A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
5. Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.
6. Clipping of sharp-tailed sandpiper.
7. A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
8. A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.

## Etymology
From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

## Easily confused with
- **sharps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpie-vs-sharps)
- **sharply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpie-vs-sharply)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/share-vs-sharpie)
- **shape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shape-vs-sharpie)
- **sharp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharp-vs-sharpie)
- **Shari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shari-vs-sharpie)
- **sharia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharia-vs-sharpie)
- **sharif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharif-vs-sharpie)
- **sharpe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpe-vs-sharpie)
- **sharper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharper-vs-sharpie)
- **sharpen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpen-vs-sharpie)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hsarpie`, `sahrpie`, `shaprie`, `sharipe`, `sharpei`, `sharppie`, `sharrpie`, `shharpie`, `shrapie`, `ssharpie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sharpie