# purdy

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #36,301

## Definitions
1. pretty.

## Etymology
Corruption of pretty, representing the pronunciation of this word in the southern United States.

## Easily confused with
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-pure)
- **puri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-puri)
- **purr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purr)
- **pussy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-pussy)
- **purse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purse)
- **purge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purge)
- **pushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-pushy)
- **putty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-putty)
- **purely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purely)
- **purity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purity)
- **purify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdy-vs-purify)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pry-vs-purdy)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pur-vs-purdy)
- **pray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pray-vs-purdy)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prey-vs-purdy)
- **puny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puny-vs-purdy)
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-purdy)
- **perry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perry-vs-purdy)
- **puppy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puppy-vs-purdy)
- **Percy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/percy-vs-purdy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ppurdy`, `prudy`, `pudry`, `purddy`, `purdyy`, `purrdy`, `puryd`, `uprdy`

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