# embroidery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/ · frequency rank #21,198

## Definitions
1. The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
2. A piece of embroidered fabric.
3. The elaboration of an account, etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

## Etymology
From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie. By surface analysis, embroider + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **embroidered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embroidered-vs-embroidery)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ebmroidery`, `embbroidery`, `emboridery`, `embriodery`, `embrodiery`, `embroiddery`, `embroiderry`, `embroideryy`, `embroideyr`, `embroidrey`, `embroiedry`, `embrroidery`, `emmbroidery`, `emrboidery`, `mebroidery`

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