sore
[sɔː(ɹ)]
The verdict
“sore” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wund, entzündet
Corpus desk
Index DE-sore · sore · German
sore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sore |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sɔː(ɹ)] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sore“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sore is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sɔː(ɹ)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sore in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sore, spelled S-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1wund, entzündet
- 2schlimm
- 3verärgert, sauer, psychisch verletzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I've got a sore ass.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.