puri
/ˈpʊɹi/noun
puri is spelled P-U-R-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, puri means “A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of puri is puris.
How many letters and syllables are in puri?
| Letters | 4: P-U-R-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is puri?
Puri appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce puri?
- /ˈpʊəɹiː/
- UK /ˈpʊəɹi/
- US /ˈpʊɹi/
As a noun (“In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other…”): /ˈpʊəɹi/, /ˈpʊɹi/.
Puri has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with puri?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as puri from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of puri
- puris plural
- poori
- puree
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puri mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.
- 2
In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does puri come from?
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पूरी (pūrī) / Urdu پُورِی (pūrī)), a kind of fried flatbread.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).