gora
/ˈɡəʊɹə/
"gora" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gora” is uncommon English (frequency #62,176 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,176
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gora |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡəʊɹə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gora” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gora is uncommon English at frequency #62,176 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡəʊɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gora in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani गोरा (gorā) / گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) / Punjabi گورا (gorā). The correct English form is gora, spelled G-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani गोरा (gorā) / گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) / Punjabi گورا (gorā).
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 “gora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-R-A - 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.