# Corey

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɔː.ɹi/ · frequency rank #11,190

## Definitions
1. An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
2. A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Comhraidhe (Curry).
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.

## Easily confused with
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cry)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-coy)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-crew)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cure)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-corn)
- **cork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cork)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cove)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cozy)
- **Cory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cory)
- **cosy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cosy)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cree)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cray)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cote)
- **cred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cred)
- **corr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-corr)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cover)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-corps)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-curry)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-cured)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corey-vs-curly)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccorey`, `coery`, `coreyy`, `correy`, `corye`, `croey`, `ocrey`

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