Kerry

/[…]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,395

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Kerry is aGermanname. It means: ein County bzw. eine Grafschaft der Provinz Munster, Republik Irland Pronounced […]. Often confused with key and Kerze.

Key facts for Kerry
PropertyValue
HeadwordKerry
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,395
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Kerry in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kerry is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,395 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein County bzw. eine Grafschaft der Provinz Munster, Republik Irland".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Kerry, with forms such as "ekrry", "kerryy", and "kery". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "key", "Kerze", "of", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Kerry, spelled K-E-R-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein County bzw. eine Grafschaft der Provinz Munster, Republik Irland

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ekrry,kerryy,kery,keryr,kkerry,krery

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Kerry

Misspelling Variants of "Kerry"

ekrry5kerryy6kery4keryr5kkerry6krery5
Misspelling Variants of "Kerry"

Frequency rank: #22,395 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kerry"?
"Kerry" is spelled K-E-R-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Kerry" mean?
As a name, "Kerry" means: ein County bzw. eine Grafschaft der Provinz Munster, Republik Irland
What words are commonly confused with "Kerry"?
"Kerry" is commonly confused with "key", "Kerze", "of". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kerry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kerry" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kerry" come from?
"Kerry" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.