# lore

> English word · Noun · IPA /lɔː/ · frequency rank #13,950

## Definitions
1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
2. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
3. The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
4. Workmanship.

## Etymology
From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.

## Easily confused with
- **LR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lr)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-low)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-los)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lou)
- **LRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lrt)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lye)
- **lox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lox)
- **loy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-loy)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-love)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lost)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lose)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-loss)
- **lots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lots)
- **loud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-loud)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-luke)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lure)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lowe)
- **Lori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lori)
- **Lyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lore-vs-lyle)

## Common misspellings (5)
`llore`, `loer`, `lorre`, `lroe`, `olre`

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