# tore

> English word · Adjective · IPA /tɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #11,139

## Definitions
1. Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
2. Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
3. Full; rich.

## Etymology
From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.

## Easily confused with
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-try)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-toy)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tow)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tri)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tos)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tue)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tot)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tre)
- **tra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tra)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tru)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tse)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-trp)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tur)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tye)
- **TOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tov)
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-tyr)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-true)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-turn)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-type)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tore-vs-town)

## Common misspellings (5)
`otre`, `toer`, `torre`, `troe`, `ttore`

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