sari
/ˈsɑɹi/
noun
Familiar
1.n.a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
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sari and sorry are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. sari means “a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body”. sorry means “feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone”. sorry is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈsɑɹi/
1.n.a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
/ˈsɑɹi/
| sari | sorry | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɑɹi/ | /ˈsɑɹi/ |
| Said | SAH-ree | SAH-ree |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 4 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | noun | adjective |
| Senses | 1 | 4 |
| How common | Familiar | Core |
| Synonyms | saree | regretful, bad |
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“felt regretful over his vanished youth”
2.adj.bad; unfortunate
“my finances were in a deplorable state”
3.adj.without merit; of little or no value or use
“a sorry horse”