Which to use
“worry” is a verb and “Wray” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,548
- “worry” frequency rank
- #32,658
- “Wray” frequency rank
- 34206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | worry | Wray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. | A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067). |
Letter map: worry vs Wray
Shared letters muted; letters that set worry and Wray apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - worry and Wray
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: worry is averb and Wrayaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
worry is recorded at frequency rank #1,548, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈwʌ.ɹi/. Wray is at rank #32,658, tagged as aname.
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 34206, this pair ranks #322,758 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of worry vs Wray
Shared letters: rwy. Private to "worry": o. Private to "Wray": a.
"worry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Wray" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "worry" for "Wray" ever safe?
Frequency check: "worry" vs "Wray" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "worry" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,758 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "worry" and "Wray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wordy vs Wray". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #322,758 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.