# kyrie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,377

## Definitions
1. A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
2. A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.

## Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”), from Ancient Greek Κύριε (Kúrie), vocative form of Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), from κῦρος (kûros, “supremacy, authority”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).

## Easily confused with
- **Kyi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kyi-vs-kyrie)
- **Kyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kyle-vs-kyrie)
- **kris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kris-vs-kyrie)
- **Kyiv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kyiv-vs-kyrie)
- **Kari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kari-vs-kyrie)
- **Kyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kyra-vs-kyrie)
- **Katie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/katie-vs-kyrie)
- **Kylie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kylie-vs-kyrie)
- **Karim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karim-vs-kyrie)
- **Karin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/karin-vs-kyrie)
- **kirin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kirin-vs-kyrie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`kkyrie`, `kryie`, `kyire`, `kyrei`, `kyrrie`, `kyyrie`, `ykrie`

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