# Moore

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mʊə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #4,468

## Definitions
1. Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
2. Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
3. A surname from English or Irish, similarly derived.
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16. Alternative spelling of More (“a Volta-Congo language”).

## Etymology
The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.

## Easily confused with
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mor)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-more)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-move)
- **moot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-moot)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mori)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mora)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mort)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-morn)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-moro)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mote)
- **movie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-movie)
- **motor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-motor)
- **mouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mouse)
- **moose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-moose)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-morse)
- **mourn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mourn)
- **Moors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-moors)
- **Moshe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-moshe)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mores)
- **morel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-morel)

## Common misspellings (5)
`mmoore`, `mooer`, `moorre`, `moroe`, `omore`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/moore