drury

noun

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"drury" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“drury” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,012
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.

Corpus desk

Index EN-drury · drury · English

drury · rank #30,012 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,012
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH DRC

Nearest frequency peer: DRC (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “drury”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “drury” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drury vs dry
60% similar
drury vs dur
60% similar
drury vs duty
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drury
PropertyValue
Headworddrury
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,012
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “drury”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).drurylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “DRC” (#30,011), “duma” (#30,013), “dogged” (#30,009). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “drury” is #30,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around drury, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,012 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for drury, with forms such as "ddrury", "drrury", and "drruy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dry", "dur", "duty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”). The correct English form is drury, spelled D-R-U-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
  2. 2
    A love token or keepsake, a physical object symbolic of a loving relationship.
  3. 3
    A beloved person; a sweetheart.
  4. 4
    A beloved thing; a treasure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how drury appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.

Etymology

From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrury
  • drrury
  • drruy
  • drurry
  • druryy
  • druyr
  • durry
  • rdury

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drury - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddrury1drrury1drruy2drurry1druryy1druyr2durry2rdury2
Edit distance from "drury"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drury"?
"drury" is spelled D-R-U-R-Y.
What does "drury" mean?
As a noun, "drury" means: Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
What words are commonly confused with "drury"?
"drury" is commonly confused with "dry", "dur", "duty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "drury"?
From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drury", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dived#30,007ember#30,019Emmys#30,021diddy#30,001

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

elated8 variantsdeduce8 variantscrumb8 variantsHandel8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list