lory
/ˈlɒɹi/
"lory" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lory” is uncommon English (frequency #91,755 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,755
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lory · lory · English
lory · rank #91,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,755
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lording
Nearest frequency peer: lording (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “lory”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- llyn
llyn
8,252 corpus weight
- Lobb
Lobb
8,251 corpus weight
- looter
looter
8,248 corpus weight
- lording
lording
8,247 corpus weight
- lory
lory
8,246 corpus weight
- Lumberton
Lumberton
8,239 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lory” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “lory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lory is uncommon English at frequency #91,755 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɒɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).