Corry
"corry" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Corry” is uncommon English (frequency #65,795 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,795
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corry · Corry · English
Corry · rank #65,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,795
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Costigan
Nearest frequency peer: Costigan (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Corry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- compactness
compactness
34,211 corpus weight
- concentrator
concentrator
34,209 corpus weight
- Corry
Corry
34,206 corpus weight
- Costigan
Costigan
34,205 corpus weight
- cowling
cowling
34,204 corpus weight
- cravat
cravat
34,201 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Corry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Corry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Corry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Corry is uncommon English at frequency #65,795 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Corry in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Two main origins: * Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin. * A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. The correct English form is Corry, spelled C-O-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2An unincorporated community in Dade County, Missouri, United States.
- 3A city in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Etymology
Two main origins: * Reduced form of McCorry, a surname of Irish origin. * A variant spelling of Corrie, a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).