Jewry
/ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/noun
Jewry is spelled J-E-W-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Jewry means “Jewish people considered collectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Jewry is Jewries.
How many letters and syllables are in Jewry?
| Letters | 5: J-E-W-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 Jewry?
Jewry appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 Jewry?
- UK /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/
- UK /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/
- US /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
Jewry has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Jewry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Jewry
Sounds like: jury (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with Jewry?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Jewry from its last stressed vowel (/uɹi/):
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 Jewry
- Jewries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Jewry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Jewish people considered collectively.
Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry.
- 2
The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc.
- 3
obsoleteJudaism.
- 4
obsoleteThe land of the Jews; Judea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jewry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | judéité, judaïté, judeïté, judaïcité, juiverie |
| German | Judentum, Judenheit |
| Portuguese | judiaria |
| Spanish | pueblo judío, judería |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Jewry come from?
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).