Morgen
[ˈmɔʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“Morgen” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #333 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #333
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tageszeit zwischen Nacht und Vormittag
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Morgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɔʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Morgen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Morgen is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɔʁɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #333 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Morgen, with forms such as "mmorgen", "mogren", and "moregn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Möwen", "Motten", "Mörser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Morgen, spelled M-O-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tageszeit zwischen Nacht und Vormittag
- 2Osten
- 3historisches Flächenmaß, variierte je nach Zeitabschnitt und Landstrich in seiner Größe
- 4die morgendliche Begrüßung „Guten Morgen!“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmorgen,mogren,moregn,morgenn,morggen,morgne,morrgen,mrogen,omrgen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Morgen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Morgen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-O-R-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɔʁɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Möwen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Morgen vs Möwen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.