cory
/ˈkoɹ.i/noun
cory is spelled C-O-R-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cory means “Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cory is cories or corys.
How many letters and syllables are in cory?
| Letters | 4: C-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cory?
Cory appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cory?
- US /ˈkoɹ.i/
Cory has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with cory
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: corey.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cory?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cory from its last stressed vowel (/oɹi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cryo, croy.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cory
- cories plural
- corys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cory mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.
- 2
Alternative spelling of corey (“penis”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cory come from?
Clipping of of translingual Corydoras.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).