# Sudbury

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sʌdbəɹi/ · frequency rank #35,101

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1632).
2. A suburb and ward in the borough of Brent, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1685).
3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8741).
4. A city in northern Ontario, Canada, properly Greater Sudbury.
5. A district in northern Ontario; in full, Sudbury District.
6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
7. A town in Rutland County, Vermont.

## Etymology
From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southborough and Southbury.

## Easily confused with
- **sunburn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudbury-vs-sunburn)
- **Sunbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudbury-vs-sunbury)
- **suburb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-sudbury)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sdubury`, `ssudbury`, `subdury`, `sudbbury`, `sudbruy`, `sudburry`, `sudburyy`, `sudbuyr`, `suddbury`, `sudubry`, `usdbury`

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