Which to use
“sorry” is an adjective and “sry” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #682
- “sorry” frequency rank
- #48,505
- “sry” frequency rank
- 49187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sorry | sry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Regretful or apologetic for one's actions. | Abbreviation of sorry. |
Letter map: sorry vs sry
Shared letters muted; letters that set sorry and sry apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sorry is anadjective and sryanintj. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sorry is recorded at frequency rank #682, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɒɹ.i/. sry is at rank #48,505, tagged as anintj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49187, this pair ranks #185,961 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sorry vs sry
Shared letters: rsy. Private to "sorry": o. Private to "sry": -.
"sorry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sry" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sorry ← osrry · sorryy · sory · soryr · srory · ssorry