# dairy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #6,123

## Definitions
1. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
2. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
3. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
4. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
5. A corner store, superette or minimart.
6. A woman's breast.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.

## Easily confused with
- **day** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-day)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dry)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-diy)
- **dar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dar)
- **dark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dark)
- **dare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dare)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dirt)
- **dire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dire)
- **darn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-darn)
- **dart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dart)
- **Daly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-daly)
- **dirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dirk)
- **Davy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-davy)
- **dory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dory)
- **Dara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dara)
- **dais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dais)
- **dirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dirty)
- **Danny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-danny)
- **diary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-diary)
- **daisy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-daisy)

## Common misspellings (6)
`adiry`, `dairry`, `dairyy`, `daiyr`, `dariy`, `ddairy`

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