-ery vs -y

-ery

suffix
  • Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of." 

  • Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of." 

  • Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice). 

  • Added to occupational etc. nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of." 

-y

suffix
  • Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”. 

  • Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to". 

  • Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin. 

  • Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality. 

How often have the words -ery and -y occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )