# laundry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ · frequency rank #6,488

## Definitions
1. A laundering; a washing.
2. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
3. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
4. A penalty flag.
5. A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.

## Etymology
From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.

## Easily confused with
- **Lundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laundry-vs-lundy)
- **Landry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landry-vs-laundry)
- **launder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-laundry)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alundry`, `lanudry`, `laudnry`, `launddry`, `laundrry`, `laundryy`, `laundyr`, `launndry`, `launrdy`, `llaundry`, `luandry`

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