morbific
/mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/
"morbific" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“morbific” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-morbific · morbific · English
morbific · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morbific |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “morbific” in English
Rare enough to double-check
morbific is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
morbific doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”). The correct English form is morbific, spelled M-O-R-B-I-F-I-C.
Definition
- 1That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
- 2Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how morbific appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He accepted that the body was a machine, mathematically understandable, but disease was the effort by nature or the soul to expel morbific matter, and physiology was the science of that struggle.
Etymology
From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.