kore
/ˈkɔːɹeɪ/
"kore" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kore” is uncommon English (frequency #64,480 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,480
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːɹeɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kore” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kore is uncommon English at frequency #64,480 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɔːɹeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kore in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”). The correct English form is kore, spelled K-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).
This word in other languages
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 “kore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-O-R-E - 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.