-ORY noun adjective suffix – English Grammar Profiler

1 HISTORY (NN1) 3291043 2 STORY (NN1) 3184406 3 MEMORY (NN1) 1152441 4 THEORY (NN1) 854191 5 CATEGORY (NN1) 802465 6 VICTORY (NN1) 569542 7 FACTORY (NN1) 534302 8 DIRECTORY (NN1) 472252 9 INVENTORY (NN1) 433730 10 REGULATORY (JJ) 344896 11 TERRITORY (NN1) 335570 12 LABORATORY (NN1) 327694 13 GLORY (NN1) 290624 14 ADVISORY (JJ) 252706 15 MANDATORY (JJ) 209220 16 RESPIRATORY (JJ) 132757 17 STATUTORY (JJ) 129805 18 REPOSITORY (NN1) 118450 19 SENSORY (JJ) 111688 20 SATISFACTORY (JJ) 94024 21 INTRODUCTORY (JJ) 91675 22 INFLAMMATORY (JJ) 80774 23 GREGORY (NP1) 73535 24 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY (JJ) 68801 25 IVORY (NN1) 58906 26 COMPULSORY (JJ) 58825 27 TRAJECTORY (NN1) 58057 28 ACCESSORY (NN1_JJ) 50298 29 OBSERVATORY (NN1) 49027 30 ACCESSORY (JJ_NN1) 46352 31 RORY (NP1) 41619 32 SUPERVISORY (JJ) 40506 33 CONSERVATORY (NN1) 39649 34 TORY (JJ) 38950 35 CONTRADICTORY (JJ) 37113 36 ACCESSORY (NN1) 34370 37 AUDITORY (JJ) 31919 38 EXPLANATORY (JJ) 30237 39 DISCRIMINATORY (JJ) 29984 40 PREPARATORY (JJ) 29643 41 SAVORY (JJ_NN1) 26139 42 PREDATORY (JJ) 24382 43 OBLIGATORY (JJ) 23948 44 EXPLORATORY (JJ) 21971 45 HICKORY (NN1) 20495 46 MIGRATORY (JJ) 19725 47 CELEBRATORY (JJ) 19634 48 UNSATISFACTORY (JJ) 19469 49 CIRCULATORY (JJ) 19156 50 BACKSTORY (JJ) 18696 51 TERRITORY (NP1) 17688 52 PARTICIPATORY (JJ) 16882 53 AMBULATORY (JJ) 16321 54 PURGATORY (NN1) 16262 55 DEROGATORY (JJ) 15846 56 COMPENSATORY (JJ) 14620 57 DEFAMATORY (JJ) 14530 58 OLFACTORY (JJ) 13522 59 TWO-STORY (JJ_NN1) 13479 60 REFRACTORY (JJ) 13085 61 SELF-EXPLANATORY (JJ) 12999 62 ARMORY (NP1) 12474 63 ALLEGORY (NN1) 12369 64 DORMITORY (NN1) 11903 65 REPERTORY (NN1) 11357 66 INHIBITORY (JJ) 11348 67 CURSORY (JJ) 11221 68 GORY (JJ) 11158 69 PRIORY (NN1) 10626 70 SUBDIRECTORY (NN1) 10089 71 DEPOSITORY (JJ) 9748 72 PROMISSORY (JJ) 9394 73 CONTRIBUTORY (JJ) 8880 74 ILLUSORY (JJ) 8702 75 CORY (NP1) 8693 76 IVORY (NP1) 7905 77 TRANSITORY (JJ) 7794 78 SIGNATORY (NN1) 7646 79 SAVORY (NN1_JJ) 7538 80 TORY (JJ_NN1@) 7501 81 ORATORY (NN1) 7066 82 IN-MEMORY (JJ_NN1) 6996 83 LAVATORY (NN1) 6762 84 SAVORY (JJ) 6741 85 EMORY (JJ_NP1_NN1) 6735 86 EXPOSITORY (JJ) 6660 87 PROMONTORY (NN1) 6493 88 RETALIATORY (JJ) 6202 89 RESPIRATORY (JJ_NP1) 6119 90 SENSORY (JJ_NP1) 5940 91 THREE-STORY (JJ_NN1) 5824 92 SAVORY (NN) 5592 93 MCCRORY (NP1) 5499 94 REVELATORY (JJ) 5468 95 BACKSTORY (JJ_NN1%) 5290 96 CHICORY (NN1) 5260 97 SUBCATEGORY (NN1) 4784 98 CORY (NP1_NN1) 4652 99 SECRETORY (JJ) 4602

100 DECLARATORY (JJ) 4572