# Carey

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɛəɹi/ · frequency rank #10,658

## Definitions
1. A placename:
2. A placename:
3. A placename:
4. A placename:
5. A placename:
6. A placename:
7. A placename:
8. A surname.
9. A surname.
10. A surname.
11. A unisex given name.
12. A unisex given name.

## Etymology
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).
* As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

## Easily confused with
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cry)
- **cay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cay)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-case)
- **cars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cars)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-core)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-crew)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cure)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-carl)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cave)
- **cart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cart)
- **carr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-carr)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cory)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cary)
- **carp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-carp)
- **cate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cate)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cree)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cray)
- **Caro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-caro)
- **cred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cred)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carey-vs-cases)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acrey`, `caery`, `careyy`, `carrey`, `carye`, `ccarey`, `craey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carey