Moral

/[moˈʁaːl]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,203

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Moral is aGermannoun. It means: die Wertvorstellungen und guten Sitten einer Gesellschaft oder einer Person Pronounced [moˈʁaːl]. It ranks #5,203 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mord and mori.

Key facts for Moral
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HeadwordMoral
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moˈʁaːl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,203
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Moral in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Moral is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈʁaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,203 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Moral, with forms such as "mmoral", "moarl", and "morall". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mord", "mori", "mort", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Moral, spelled M-O-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Wertvorstellungen und guten Sitten einer Gesellschaft oder einer Person
  2. 2
    daraus zu ziehende Lehre
  3. 3
    innere Kampfbereitschaft der Truppe

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoral,moarl,morall,morla,morral,mroal,omral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Moral

Misspelling Variants of "Moral"

mmoral6moarl5morall6morla5morral6mroal5omral5
Misspelling Variants of "Moral"

Frequency rank: #5,203 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Moral"?
"Moral" is spelled M-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈʁaːl].
What does "Moral" mean?
As a noun, "Moral" means: die Wertvorstellungen und guten Sitten einer Gesellschaft oder einer Person
What words are commonly confused with "Moral"?
"Moral" is commonly confused with "Mord", "mori", "mort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Moral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Moral" is [moˈʁaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Moral" come from?
"Moral" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.