# galore

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɡəˈlɔː/ · frequency rank #25,069

## Definitions
1. In 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-gore)
- **gare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-gare)
- **glory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-glory)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-globe)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-glove)
- **glare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-glare)
- **gator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-gator)
- **Gilmore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-gilmore)
- **Gaylord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galore-vs-gaylord)
- **gale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gale-vs-galore)
- **Gabor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabor-vs-galore)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aglore`, `gallore`, `galoer`, `galorre`, `galroe`, `gaolre`, `ggalore`, `glaore`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/galore