miry
/ˈmaɪ(ə)ɹi/
"miry" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miry” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-miry · miry · English
miry · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “miry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
miry is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmaɪ(ə)ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.".
No misspelling variants are generated for miry in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 Middle English myry, equivalent to mire + -y. The correct English form is miry, spelled M-I-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Resembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how miry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].
summer was long over, and cold and frost and miry ways kept them much indoors […]
Etymology
From Middle English myry, equivalent to mire + -y.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.