# Shri

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,423

## Definitions
1. A title of respect used before male names, Mr.
2. An honorific title prefixed to the names of deities, holy persons, holy books or sacred places.

## Etymology
From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).

## Easily confused with
- **SI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-si)
- **sir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sir)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-shy)
- **ski** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-ski)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-str)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sti)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sui)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-ssi)
- **SLR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-slr)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-soi)
- **Snr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-snr)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sor)
- **SPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-spr)
- **sry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sry)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sure)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sort)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-shut)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sore)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-surf)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-sire)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hsri`, `shhri`, `shir`, `shrri`, `srhi`, `sshri`

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