sundry
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "sundry", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "sundry" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "sundry" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
sundry is anEnglishadj. It means: More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several. Pronounced /ˈsʌnd.ɹi/. Often confused with SUNY and sunny.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sundry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adj |
| IPA | /ˈsʌnd.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sundry is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsʌnd.ɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,123 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sundry, with forms such as "snudry", "ssundry", and "sudnry". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "SUNY", "sunny", "surry", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: The adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasionally; separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (“alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, part… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is sundry, spelled S-U-N-D-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
- 2Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.
- 3Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
- 4Chiefly preceded by a number or an adjective like many: of two or more similar people or things: not the same as other persons or things of the same nature; different, distinct, separate. (Contrast sense 5.2.)
- 5Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one; individual, respective.
- 6Of a person or thing: not the same as something else; different. (Contrast sense 4.)
- 7Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.
Etymology
The adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasionally; separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (“alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, particular, peculiar, private; exceptional, remarkable, set apart, special; (distributive) one each”) [and other forms], from sundor (“differently; privately; separate, separately”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, isolated; separate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)) + -iġ (“suffix forming adjectives”). The English word is analysable as sunder + -y. The noun and pronoun are derived from the adjective. Cognates * Dutch zonderlijk (“separate”) (rare), Dutch afzonderlijk (“separate”) * Low German sunderig (“single; special”) * Middle High German sunderig (“private; separate; special”) * Swedish söndrig (“broken; tattered”)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: snudry,ssundry,sudnry,sunddry,sundrry,sundryy,sundyr,sunndry,sunrdy,usndry
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sundry
Misspelling Variants of "sundry"
Frequency rank: #39,123 in English
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