# Jewry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ · frequency rank #39,874

## Definitions
1. Jewish people considered collectively.
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. Judaism.
4. The land of the Jews; Judea.

## Etymology
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.

## Easily confused with
- **jury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewry-vs-jury)
- **Jews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewry-vs-jews)
- **Jew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jew-vs-jewry)
- **jer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jer-vs-jewry)
- **jerk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jerk-vs-jewry)
- **Jerry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jerry-vs-jewry)
- **jenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jenny-vs-jewry)
- **jelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jelly-vs-jewry)
- **jewel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewel-vs-jewry)
- **jerky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jerky-vs-jewry)
- **jetty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jetty-vs-jewry)
- **jewelry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jewelry-vs-jewry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ejwry`, `jerwy`, `jewrry`, `jewryy`, `jewwry`, `jewyr`, `jjewry`, `jwery`

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