# sly vs sry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sly
*adjective · IPA /slaɪ/ · frequency rank #17,246*
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

### sry
*intj · frequency rank #48,505*
Abbreviation of sorry.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sly-vs-sry