# hungry

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ · frequency rank #3,307

## Definitions
1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
2. Causing hunger.
3. Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

## Etymology
From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).

## Easily confused with
- **hurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hungry-vs-hurry)
- **hunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hungry-vs-hunky)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hungry)
- **henry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henry-vs-hungry)
- **hunger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunger-vs-hungry)
- **Hendry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hendry-vs-hungry)
- **Hungary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hungary-vs-hungry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhungry`, `hnugry`, `hugnry`, `hunggry`, `hungrry`, `hungryy`, `hungyr`, `hunngry`, `hunrgy`, `uhngry`

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