# puri

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpʊəɹiː/ · frequency rank #36,302

## Definitions
1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit पूर (pūra)
Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra)
Hindi पूरी (pūrī)bor.
English puri
From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of fried flatbread.

## Easily confused with
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-put)
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-pus)
- **push** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-push)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-puts)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-putt)
- **puss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-puss)
- **purr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purr)
- **pyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-pyre)
- **Putin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-putin)
- **purse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purse)
- **purity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purity)
- **purify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purify)
- **putrid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-putrid)
- **Purvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purvis)
- **purist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puri-vs-purist)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pr-vs-puri)
- **pi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pi-vs-puri)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pu-vs-puri)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-puri)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pro-vs-puri)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ppuri`, `prui`, `puir`, `purri`, `upri`

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