morschen

[ˈmɔʁʃn̩]

/[ˈmɔʁʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“morschen” is uncommon German (frequency #73,810 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,810
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - morsch werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-morschen · morschen · German

morschen · rank #73,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,810
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Morpheus

Nearest frequency peer: Morpheus (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „morschen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „morschen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for morschen
PropertyValue
Headwordmorschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɔʁʃn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,810
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „morschen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.morschenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Morpheus“ (#73,809), „Moriz“ (#73,808), „Montréal“ (#73,807). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „morschen“ bei #73,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

morschen is uncommon German at frequency #73,810 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɔʁʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "morsch werden".

morschen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is morschen, spelled M-O-R-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    morsch werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Bohlen der Diele haben zu morschen begonnen.
  2. Der Dachstuhl hat bis auf einzelne Balken gemorscht.

This word in other languages

rot(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morschen"?
"morschen" is spelled M-O-R-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɔʁʃn̩].
What does "morschen" mean?
As a verb, "morschen" means: morsch werden
How do you pronounce "morschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morschen" is [ˈmɔʁʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morschen" come from?
"morschen" is a German 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Morpheus#73,809Montréal#73,807mitbekam#73,800Nazismus#73,832

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list