# sherry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃɛɹi/ · frequency rank #17,241

## Definitions
1. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
2. A variety of sherry.
3. A glass of sherry.

## Etymology
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).

## Easily confused with
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-sorry)
- **surry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-surry)
- **sierra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-sierra)
- **shorty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-shorty)
- **starry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-starry)
- **slurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-slurry)
- **sheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheer-vs-sherry)
- **shear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shear-vs-sherry)
- **serra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serra-vs-sherry)
- **Shelby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelby-vs-sherry)
- **shelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelly-vs-sherry)
- **shears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shears-vs-sherry)
- **Sherpa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherpa-vs-sherry)
- **scurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-sherry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hserry`, `sehrry`, `sherryy`, `shery`, `sheryr`, `shherry`, `shrery`, `ssherry`

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