morale
/məˈɹæl/noun
morale is spelled M-O-R-A-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “moral vs morale” about 2,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, morale means “The mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morale is morales.
How many letters and syllables are in morale?
| Letters | 6: M-O-R-A-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is morale?
Morale appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce morale?
- UK /məˈɹɑːl/
- US /məˈɹæl/
Morale has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-morale.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with morale
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with morale?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morale from its last stressed vowel (/æl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of morale
- morales plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morale mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
After the layoffs, morale was at an all time low; the staff were so dispirited nothing was getting done.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate morale?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of morale: MWR.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morale in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even i:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | moral |
| German | Moral |
| Portuguese | ânimo, disposição, moral |
| Spanish | ánimo, disposición |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does morale come from?
Borrowed from French morale.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).