durry
/ˈdʌ.ɹi/noun
durry is spelled D-U-R-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, durry means “A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of durry is durries.
How many letters and syllables are in durry?
| Letters | 5: D-U-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is durry?
Durry appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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 durry?
- UK /ˈdʌ.ɹi/
- US /ˈdʌ.ɹi/
- /ˈdɝ.i/
Durry has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_durry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with durry?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as durry from its last stressed vowel (/ʌɹi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: drury.
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 durry
- durries plural
- durrie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does durry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliacolloquialA cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
- 2
Alternative spelling of dhurrie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does durry come from?
Unknown. Perhaps from Bull Durham (an American tobacco brand) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).