morbus
/ˈmɔːbəs/
"morbus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“morbus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-morbus · morbus · English
morbus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | morbus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔːbəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “morbus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
morbus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɔːbəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A disease.".
No misspelling variants are generated for morbus in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin morbus. The correct English form is morbus, spelled M-O-R-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1A disease.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morbus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I thought he were took with the Morbus one day, I did with his nasty angle! For “oh dear,” says he, and burst out in a cry, “oh my gut is all got of a tangle!”
Probably no small share of our cholera morbuses, diarrhœas, and dysenteries, have their origin in this source.
Etymology
From Latin morbus.
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.