# weary

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɪə̯ɹi/ · frequency rank #12,887

## Definitions
1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
2. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
3. Expressive of fatigue.
4. Causing weariness; tiresome.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-wer)
- **wry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-wry)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-were)
- **weir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-weir)
- **Wray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-wray)
- **werk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-werk)
- **worry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-worry)
- **weird** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-weird)
- **Wendy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-wendy)
- **weave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-weave)
- **wharf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weary-vs-wharf)
- **way** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/way-vs-weary)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/war-vs-weary)
- **Wea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wea-vs-weary)
- **wear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wear-vs-weary)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warm-vs-weary)
- **weak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weak-vs-weary)
- **wars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wars-vs-weary)
- **ward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ward-vs-weary)
- **warn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warn-vs-weary)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ewary`, `waery`, `wearry`, `wearyy`, `weayr`, `weray`, `wweary`

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