weary
wea·ry/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/adjective, verb
weary is spelled W-E-A-R-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables (wea·ry). It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “wary vs weary” about 5,400 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, weary means “Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in weary?
| Letters | 5: W-E-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wea·ry |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is weary?
Weary appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce weary?
- UK /ˈwɪə̯ɹi/
- British /ˈwɪːɹɪj/
- /ˈwɪɹi/
Weary has 2 syllables, split wea·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-weary.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with weary
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with weary?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as weary from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹi/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of weary
- wearier comparative
- weariest superlative
- wearies present, singular, he/she/it
- wearying participle, present
- wearied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
A weary traveller knocked at the door.
- 2
Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement; I grew weary of studying and left the library.
- 3
Expressive of fatigue.
He gave me a weary smile.
- 4
Causing weariness; tiresome.
verb
- 1
To make or to become weary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Weary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | las , lasser , se lasser |
| German | müde |
| Portuguese | cansado |
| Spanish | cansado, cansino , cansar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does weary come from?
From Middle English wery, weri, from Old English wēriġ (“weary”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōrīg, *wōrag (“weary”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian wuurich (“weary, tired”), West Frisian wurch (“tired”), Dutch dialectal wurrig (“exhausted”), Old Saxon wōrig (“weary”), Old High German wōrag, wuarag (“drunken”), Latvian vārgs (“weak”), Lithuanian vergas (“slave”), Latvian vergs (“slave”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).