lory
/ˈlɒɹi/
"lory" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lory” is an uncommon English word, ranked #91,755 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #91,755
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɒɹi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lory” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for lory is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlɒɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #91,755 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.".
lory doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Malay luri, name of kind of parrot, said to be a dialectal variant of Malay nuri. Doublet of lourie. Unrelated to Spanish loro. The correct English form is lory, spelled L-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
Etymology
From Malay luri, name of kind of parrot, said to be a dialectal variant of Malay nuri. Doublet of lourie. Unrelated to Spanish loro.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lory”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-O-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlɒɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.