# gory

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/ · frequency rank #29,672

## Definitions
1. Covered with blood; very bloody.
2. Scandalous, and often unpleasant.
3. Excessively detailed, often boringly so.

## Etymology
From gore + -y. Compare Middle English gorry (“muddy”), and güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore.

## Easily confused with
- **GR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gr)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-got)
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-guy)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gre)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gru)
- **GTR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gtr)
- **gow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gow)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gro)
- **grr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-grr)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-grt)
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-grey)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gray)
- **gosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gosh)
- **guru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-guru)
- **gown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gown)
- **goth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-goth)
- **GOTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-goto)
- **gout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gout)
- **goss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-goss)
- **gove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gory-vs-gove)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ggory`, `gorry`, `goryy`, `goyr`, `groy`

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