gora
/ˈɡəʊɹə/
"gora" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gora” is uncommon English (frequency #62,176 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,176
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gora · gora · English
gora · rank #62,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,176
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH goffin
Nearest frequency peer: goffin (-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 “gora”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Gibby
Gibby
37,829 corpus weight
- glamping
glamping
37,828 corpus weight
- Gnosticism
Gnosticism
37,827 corpus weight
- goffin
goffin
37,826 corpus weight
- gora
gora
37,825 corpus weight
- granularity
granularity
37,823 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gora” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “gora” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gora is uncommon English at frequency #62,176 among 2,313 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Sir! Yes." He saluted, did an about face and marched off. Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward.
Barun enjoys this gora food as much as Indian food, but he comes to recognise its symbolic associations and power, becoming troubled by his own patterns of consumption.
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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