full-bore
"full-bore" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“full-bore” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Thoroughgoing; complete; total.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | full-bore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “full-bore” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for full-bore is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
full-bore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From full + bore (“barrel of a gun”). The correct English form is full-bore, spelled F-U-L-L---B-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Thoroughgoing; complete; total.
- 2Having a relatively large caliber.
Etymology
From full + bore (“barrel of a gun”).
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.
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Using “full-bore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-L-L---B-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.