lorry
lor·ry/ˈlɒɹi/noun, verb
lorry is spelled L-O-R-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (lor·ry). It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lorry means “A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lorry is lorries.
How many letters and syllables are in lorry?
| Letters | 5: L-O-R-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: lor·ry |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd 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; 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 lorry?
Lorry appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 lorry?
- UK /ˈlɒɹi/
- UK /ˈlʌɹi/
- British /ˈlɔɹɪj/
Lorry has 2 syllables, split lor·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-lorry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lorry
Sounds like: lory (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: larry.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lorry?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lorry from its last stressed vowel (/ɒɹi/, British pronunciation):
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 lorry
- lorries plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lorrying participle, present
- lorried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lorry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaIrelandUKA large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
- 2
A truck with an open carriage, sometimes used for transporting construction workers.
- 3
datedA barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
- 4
datedA small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
- 5
obsoleteA large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.
verb
- 1
To transport by, or as if by, lorry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lorry come from?
Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”) (compare dialectal lurry-cart), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).