blore
/blɔː(ɹ)/
"blore" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blore” is uncommon English (frequency #97,858 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,858
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cry; cry out; weep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blore · blore · English
blore · rank #97,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,858
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bloodsucking
Nearest frequency peer: bloodsucking (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “blore”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- biochemical…
biochemically
2,148 corpus weight
- Blitzen
Blitzen
2,145 corpus weight
- bloodsucking
bloodsucking
2,144 corpus weight
- blore
blore
2,143 corpus weight
- blotched
blotched
2,142 corpus weight
- Bloxham
Bloxham
2,141 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “blore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /blɔː(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blore” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blore is uncommon English at frequency #97,858 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /blɔː(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
blore has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare. The correct English form is blore, spelled B-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1To cry; cry out; weep.
- 2To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.
Etymology
From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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