friary
/ˈfɹaɪəɹi/
"friary" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“friary” is uncommon English (frequency #99,291 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,291
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
Corpus desk
Index EN-friary · friary · English
friary · rank #99,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,291
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fretful
Nearest frequency peer: fretful (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “friary”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- freewheel
freewheel
715 corpus weight
- fretful
fretful
711 corpus weight
- friary
friary
710 corpus weight
- Friesian
Friesian
709 corpus weight
- frontally
frontally
707 corpus weight
- Fukunaga
Fukunaga
706 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “friary” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | friary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹaɪəɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “friary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
friary is uncommon English at frequency #99,291 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɹaɪəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.".
Zero misspellings are on record for friary in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From friar (“brother in a religious order”) + -y (nominal suffix), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Latin. Piecewise doublet of fratery. The correct English form is friary, spelled F-R-I-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how friary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For this reason, Francis asked that part of the friary garden always be left untouched, so that wild flowers and herbs could grow there, and those who saw them could raise their minds to God, the Creator of such beauty.
Etymology
From friar (“brother in a religious order”) + -y (nominal suffix), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Latin. Piecewise doublet of fratery.
This word in other languages
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.
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