# scurry

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈskʌ.ɹi/ · frequency rank #47,893

## Definitions
1. To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

## Etymology
Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.

## Easily confused with
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-sorry)
- **surly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-surly)
- **surry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-surry)
- **Surrey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-surrey)
- **sturdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-sturdy)
- **sherry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-sherry)
- **starry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-starry)
- **slurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-slurry)
- **scurvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-scurvy)
- **scary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scary-vs-scurry)
- **Scully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-scurry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`csurry`, `sccurry`, `scrury`, `scurryy`, `scury`, `scuryr`, `sscurry`, `sucrry`

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