# pearly

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,219

## Definitions
1. A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
2. A tooth.

## Etymology
From pearl + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **Perl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-perl)
- **perry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-perry)
- **Percy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-percy)
- **Pears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-pears)
- **perky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-perky)
- **peasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-peasy)
- **poorly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearly-vs-poorly)
- **pear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pear-vs-pearly)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pearly)
- **pearl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearl-vs-pearly)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parry-vs-pearly)
- **Pauly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pauly-vs-pearly)
- **partly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partly-vs-pearly)
- **pearls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearls-vs-pearly)
- **Pearce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pearly)
- **peachy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peachy-vs-pearly)
- **parley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parley-vs-pearly)
- **parlay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parlay-vs-pearly)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eparly`, `paerly`, `pealry`, `pearlly`, `pearlyy`, `pearrly`, `pearyl`, `peraly`, `ppearly`

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