sundry
/ˈsʌnd.ɹi/
"sundry" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sundry” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,123
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sundry · sundry · English
sundry · rank #39,123 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,123
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sundae
Nearest frequency peer: sundae (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sundry”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sucrose
sucrose
60,881 corpus weight
- Suleiman
Suleiman
60,880 corpus weight
- sundae
sundae
60,879 corpus weight
- sundry
sundry
60,878 corpus weight
- supercomput…
supercomputer
60,877 corpus weight
- Svetlana
Svetlana
60,876 corpus weight
What this shows “sundry” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sundry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsʌnd.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sundry”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around sundry (IPA /ˈsʌnd.ɹi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,123 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sundry, with forms such as "snudry", "ssundry", and "sudnry". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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… The correct English form is sundry, spelled S-U-N-D-R-Y.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sundry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dearely beloued brethren, the ſcripture moueth vs in ſondrye places, to acknowledge and confeſſe our manyfolde ſynnes and wyckedneſſe, […]
Ennius an olde auncient Latin poet, & of great authoritee, whom Cicero verie often times citeth in ſondrie his werkes.
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
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sundry - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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