# quarry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkwɒɹ.i/ · frequency rank #13,047

## Definitions
1. A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

## Etymology
From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“I square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).

## Easily confused with
- **quay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quarry-vs-quay)
- **query** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quarry-vs-query)
- **quart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quarry-vs-quart)
- **quartz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quarry-vs-quartz)
- **quirky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quarry-vs-quirky)
- **quark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quark-vs-quarry)
- **quarrel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quarrel-vs-quarry)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qaurry`, `qquarry`, `quarryy`, `quary`, `quaryr`, `qurary`, `uqarry`

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