How to Write Sorry in Cursive
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Sorry is five letters and four of them are fiddly: a capital S that stands alone, an o that must bridge to the r, two r shoulders in a row, and a y whose tail drops below the line. It is a word people often write on a card, so it has to look sincere and be easy to read. Slow, even letters do more here than elaborate flourishes.
Copy and paste "Sorry" in cursive
Letter by letter
Each distinct letter in "Sorry" has its own stroke-by-stroke page.
The joins in Sorry
- or: The o closes at the top and leaves with a bridge that rises to the height of the r's shoulder. Keep the bridge level and short, or the o and r merge into a blob that reads as ov.
- rr: The first r finishes with a small shoulder that drops and then climbs straight into the second r. Make both shoulders the same height and give each its own tiny dip, so the pair does not read as n.
- ry: The second r exits at the top of its shoulder, so the pen travels to the y's first downstroke without returning to the baseline. Keep that link short and the y's tail will have room to loop.
- So: Capital S does not join. It ends with its own lift, so there is no connecting stroke here; start the o fresh, just right of the S, and keep the gap smaller than the width of a letter.
Tricky spots
- Capital S then o: S is a lifting capital, so the o starts as a new stroke. Leave a small, even gap; a big one makes the word look like S orry, and no gap crushes the o.
- Double r: Two r shoulders in a row are the likeliest place to look like an n or a w. Keep both shoulders pointed and equal, with a clear dip between them.
- Descending y: The y's tail drops about as far below the line as the S is tall above the line of small letters. Close the loop on the way back so it does not look like a g.
Capitals
Capitalise Sorry at the start of a note or sentence. The capital S is a lifting letter: it finishes with a small ending curl and the pen leaves the page before the o. Lowercase sorry is fine for a casual text-style sign. In a mid-sentence use, such as 'I am sorry', keep the lowercase s, which does join to the o.
Variations and styles
On a card, write Sorry large in the middle with a few lines of handwriting below. For a signature look, add a long final stroke from the y that sweeps back under the word. A pointed pen gives the S a heavier downstroke. For a quiet version, use a plain upright cursive with no flourishes; many apologies read better that way.
Printable practice sheet
Trace the grey letters, then write your own on the empty lines. Prints on one page (Letter or A4).
Cursive practice: Sorry
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Copy-paste versions of Sorry
ℴ (U+2134) is the single substitute in 𝒮ℴ𝓇𝓇𝓎, placed second, right after the capital S, so the o can look different from both neighbours. The double r and the y are regular script. Bold script 𝓢𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 has none.
Sorry in cursive: questions
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