# morale

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈɹɑːl/ · frequency rank #11,917

## Definitions
1. The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French morale.

## Easily confused with
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-more)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morse)
- **mural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-mural)
- **Moran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-moran)
- **moray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-moray)
- **morel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morel)
- **mortal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-mortal)
- **morals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morals)
- **myrtle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-myrtle)
- **Morley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morley)
- **morgue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morgue)
- **morally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morally)
- **Morales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-morales)
- **movable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morale-vs-movable)
- **male** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/male-vs-morale)
- **mole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mole-vs-morale)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mora-vs-morale)
- **moral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moral-vs-morale)
- **modal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modal-vs-morale)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merle-vs-morale)

## Common misspellings (8)
`mmorale`, `moarle`, `morael`, `moralle`, `morlae`, `morrale`, `mroale`, `omrale`

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