gori

adj

The verdict

“gori” is uncommon French (frequency #63,797 among 194,371 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,797
frequency rank, French
194,371
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chaud, ardent, incandescent.

Key facts for gori
PropertyValue
Headwordgori
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#63,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gori” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). gori lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gori is uncommon French at frequency #63,797 among 194,371 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gori in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gori, spelled G-O-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chaud, ardent, incandescent.
  2. 2
    Ardent, fougueux.
  3. 3
    Flagrant.

Synonyms

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 "gori"?
"gori" is spelled G-O-R-I.
What does "gori" mean?
As an adjective, "gori" means: Chaud, ardent, incandescent.
What language does "gori" come from?
"gori" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “gori”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-O-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list