# fry

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɹaɪ/ · frequency rank #8,427

## Definitions
1. A method of cooking food.
2. A method of cooking food.
3. A method of cooking food.
4. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
5. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
6. To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
7. To make laugh thoroughly.

## Etymology
From Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), भृग् (bhṛg, “the crackling of fire”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”).

## Easily confused with
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fu)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fs)
- **FW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fw)
- **fy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fy)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fun)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fur)
- **FYI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fyi)
- **FTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-ftc)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fsa)
- **FTP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-ftp)
- **FTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fta)
- **FSB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fsb)
- **FTW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-ftw)
- **FTL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-ftl)
- **FTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fte)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fut)
- **fury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fury)
- **furs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-furs)
- **furry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-furry)
- **fryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fryer)

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