# talkie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɔːki/ · frequency rank #36,368

## Definitions
1. A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
2. A song in which the lyrics are spoken rather than sung.

## Etymology
Clipping of talking picture, via + -ie, and thus morphologically parallel with movie.

## Easily confused with
- **talks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talkie-vs-talks)
- **talking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talkie-vs-talking)
- **Tolkien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talkie-vs-tolkien)
- **tallies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talkie-vs-tallies)
- **talkies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talkie-vs-talkies)
- **take** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/take-vs-talkie)
- **talk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talk-vs-talkie)
- **tale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tale-vs-talkie)
- **takin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/takin-vs-talkie)
- **Talib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talib-vs-talkie)
- **talked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talked-vs-talkie)
- **tackle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tackle-vs-talkie)
- **talker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talker-vs-talkie)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atlkie`, `taklie`, `talike`, `talkei`, `talkkie`, `tallkie`, `tlakie`, `ttalkie`

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