vore

/vɔː(ɹ)/

//vɔː(ɹ)// noun

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"vore" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vore” is uncommon English (frequency #75,545 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,545
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The genre of creative work appreciated by vorarephiles, involving characters being eaten or swallowed, or any creative works that fall under this category.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vore · vore · English

vore · rank #75,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,545
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH waker

Nearest frequency peer: waker (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “vore”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “vore” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vore
PropertyValue
Headwordvore
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɔː(ɹ)/
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,545
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vore” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).vorefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “waker” (#75,546), “voilà” (#75,543), “Walz” (#75,548). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vore” is #75,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vore is uncommon English at frequency #75,545 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɔː(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The genre of creative work appreciated by vorarephiles, involving characters being eaten or swallowed, or any creative works that fall under this category.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vore, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of vorarephilia. Sometimes said to be from -vore or carnivore, however most sources (especially furries and other insider groups) cite the word as being derived from vorarephilia. The correct English form is vore, spelled V-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The genre of creative work appreciated by vorarephiles, involving characters being eaten or swallowed, or any creative works that fall under this category.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Me, I like vore and unbirth. But then, I'm strange […]
  2. Many of his videos include the classic vore image of a woman's legs in stockings and high heels sticking out of the mouth of one of his monsters[…]

Etymology

Clipping of vorarephilia. Sometimes said to be from -vore or carnivore, however most sources (especially furries and other insider groups) cite the word as being derived from vorarephilia.

This word in other languages

Vore(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vore"?
"vore" is spelled V-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /vɔː(ɹ)/.
What does "vore" mean?
As a noun, "vore" means: The genre of creative work appreciated by vorarephiles, involving characters being eaten or swallowed, or any creative works that fall under this category.
How do you pronounce "vore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vore" is /vɔː(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "vore"?
Clipping of vorarephilia. Sometimes said to be from -vore or carnivore, however most sources (especially furries and other insider groups) cite the word as being derived from vorarephilia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vore", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Walz#75,548yaks#75,572yola#75,575zeid#75,581

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list