# lorry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɒɹi/ · frequency rank #22,143

## Definitions
1. A 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. A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
4. A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
5. A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-loy)
- **lowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-lowry)
- **lousy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-lousy)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-lowly)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-lovey)
- **lowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-lowery)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lor-vs-lorry)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lord-vs-lorry)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lorry)
- **Lori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lori-vs-lorry)
- **Lora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lora-vs-lorry)
- **Larry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larry-vs-lorry)
- **lords** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lords-vs-lorry)
- **lobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lobby-vs-lorry)
- **Leroy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leroy-vs-lorry)
- **lofty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lofty-vs-lorry)
- **Lorna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorna-vs-lorry)
- **leary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leary-vs-lorry)
- **lolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lolly-vs-lorry)
- **loony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loony-vs-lorry)

## Common misspellings (6)
`llorry`, `lorryy`, `lory`, `loryr`, `lrory`, `olrry`

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