gore

\ɡɔʁ\

/\ɡɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gore” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,893) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,893
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre cinématographique et littéraire dérivé de l’horreur, où il y a beaucoup de sang qui coule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gore · gore · French

gore · rank #16,893 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,893
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gastronomique

Nearest frequency peer: gastronomique (-1 rank slots)

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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « gore »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « gore » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gore vs GR
0% similar
gore vs gré
50% similar
gore vs got
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gore
PropertyValue
Headwordgore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,893
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « gore »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gorese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gastronomique » (#16,892), « gourmand » (#16,894), « graal » (#16,895). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gore » est au #16,893. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for gore is neighbouring look-alikes ("GR", "gré", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɡɔʁ\. Frequency #16,893 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Gloss: "Genre cinématographique et littéraire dérivé de l’horreur, où il y a beaucoup de sang qui coule.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gore, with forms such as "ggore", "goer", and "gorre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GR", "gré", "got", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gore, spelled G-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre cinématographique et littéraire dérivé de l’horreur, où il y a beaucoup de sang qui coule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Après The Sadness et Terrifier 2, la firme ESC poursuit son exploration du gore qui tache avec Projet Wolf Hunting, de Kim Hong-seon.

Synonyms

grand-guignol

This word in other languages

gore(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggore
  • goer
  • gorre
  • groe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gore - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggore1goer2gorre1groe2
Edit distance from "gore"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gore"?
"gore" is spelled G-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔʁ\.
What does "gore" mean?
As a noun, "gore" means: Genre cinématographique et littéraire dérivé de l’horreur, où il y a beaucoup de sang qui coule.
What words are commonly confused with "gore"?
"gore" is commonly confused with "GR", "gré", "got". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gore" is \ɡɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gore" come from?
"gore" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

indo#16,913into#16,921jung#16,925drop#16,859

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list