lore
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The verdict
“lore” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,091
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Überlieferung
Corpus desk
Index DE-lore · lore · German
lore · rank #26,091 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,091
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lodge
Nearest frequency peer: lodge (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lore”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Liquidität
Liquidität
73,913 corpus weight
- literarisch…
literarischer
73,912 corpus weight
- lodge
lodge
73,911 corpus weight
- lore
lore
73,910 corpus weight
- Lumpen
Lumpen
73,909 corpus weight
- Magnum
Magnum
73,907 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lore” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lore |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “lore” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lore (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,091 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lore, with forms such as "llore", "loer", and "lorre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lr", "Los", "low", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is lore, spelled L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Überlieferung
- 2Lehre, Wissen, Kunde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"'The lore of the Elven-rings, great and small, is his province.'"
"But it has to be said that the majority of the old tales were lost as the human repositories of this lore died off."
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llore
- loer
- lorre
- lroe
- olre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lore - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lore", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "lore". Here's where to go from here.
- "lore" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Lr". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,091 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.