# implore

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪmˈplɔː/ · frequency rank #35,351

## Definitions
1. To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
2. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
3. Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *h₁én
The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)).
The noun is derived from the verb.

## Easily confused with
- **import** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implore-vs-import)
- **impose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implore-vs-impose)
- **impure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implore-vs-impure)
- **improve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implore-vs-improve)
- **implode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implode-vs-implore)

## Common misspellings (10)
`imlpore`, `immplore`, `impllore`, `imploer`, `implorre`, `implroe`, `impolre`, `impplore`, `ipmlore`, `miplore`

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