workie
work·ie/ˈwɜɹki/noun
workie is spelled W-O-R-K-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (work·ie). As a noun, workie means “An intern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of workie is workies.
How many letters and syllables are in workie?
| Letters | 6: W-O-R-K-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: work·ie |
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you pronounce workie?
- UK /ˈwɜːki/
- US /ˈwɜɹki/
Workie has 2 syllables, split work·ie in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-worky.wav, En-au-workie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with workie
Sounds like: worky (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with workie?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as workie from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹki/):
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 workie
- workies plural
- worky
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does workie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalslangAn intern.
- 2
ScotlandinformalA worker, especially a manual labourer.
- 3
USinformalChiefly in the form Workie: a member or supporter of a Working Men's (or Workingmen's) Party, one of a number of political parties established in the United States in the early 19th century to further working class interests.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does workie come from?
From work (noun) + -ie (suffix forming colloquial nouns denoting persons associated with the words to which they are affixed). Sense 1 (“intern”) alludes to work experience.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).