moray
/ˈmɔɹ.eɪ/noun
moray is spelled M-O-R-A-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, moray means “Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of moray is morays.
How many letters and syllables are in moray?
| Letters | 5: M-O-R-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is moray?
Moray appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th 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 moray?
- /ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/
- /məˈɹeɪ/
- US /ˈmɔɹ.eɪ/
Moray 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-moray1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-moray2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-moray3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with moray?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as moray from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹeɪ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mayor.
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 moray
- morays plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moray mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moray in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense eels of the family Muraenidae:
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 moray come from?
From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).