galore
/ɡəˈlɔː/
"galore" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“galore” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #25,069 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #25,069
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In abundance.
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 | galore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡəˈlɔː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “galore” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for galore is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡəˈlɔː/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,069 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In abundance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for galore, with forms such as "aglore", "gallore", and "galoer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gore", "gare", "glory", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go… The correct English form is galore, spelled G-A-L-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1In abundance.
Etymology
PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aglore,gallore,galoer,galorre,galroe,gaolre,ggalore,glaore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galore - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “galore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-L-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡəˈlɔː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gore” - see the side-by-side comparison. galore vs gore
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.