# moraine

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈɹeɪn/ · frequency rank #42,283

## Definitions
1. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.

## Etymology
From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.

## Easily confused with
- **Moran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moraine-vs-moran)
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moraine-vs-morin)
- **morale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moraine-vs-morale)
- **morning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moraine-vs-morning)
- **morphine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moraine-vs-morphine)
- **Maine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maine-vs-moraine)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marine-vs-moraine)
- **moline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moline-vs-moraine)
- **migraine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/migraine-vs-moraine)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mmoraine`, `moarine`, `moraien`, `morainne`, `moranie`, `moriane`, `morraine`, `mroaine`, `omraine`

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