# drury

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,012

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

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

## Easily confused with
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drury-vs-dry)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drury-vs-dur)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drury-vs-duty)
- **duly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drury-vs-duly)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drury-vs-dura)
- **Druze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drury-vs-druze)
- **Dru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dru-vs-drury)
- **drug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drug-vs-drury)
- **drum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drum-vs-drury)
- **dory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dory-vs-drury)
- **dour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dour-vs-drury)
- **drugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drugs-vs-drury)
- **drunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drunk-vs-drury)
- **dairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-drury)
- **diary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diary-vs-drury)
- **drums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drums-vs-drury)
- **Derry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derry-vs-drury)
- **dowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dowry-vs-drury)
- **druid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/druid-vs-drury)
- **decry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decry-vs-drury)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddrury`, `drrury`, `drruy`, `drurry`, `druryy`, `druyr`, `durry`, `rdury`

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