# more

> English word · Determiner · IPA /mɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #49

## Definitions
1. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
2. comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
3. Additional; further.
4. Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.

## Etymology
From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”).
Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian moor (“more”), West Frisian mear (“more”), Dutch meer (“more”), Low German mehr (“more”), German mehr (“more”), Danish mere (“more”), Swedish mera (“more”), Norwegian Bokmål mer (“more”), Norwegian Nynorsk meir (“more”), Icelandic meiri, meira (“more”).

## Easily confused with
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mr)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mrs)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mri)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mos)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mow)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mrt)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mrc)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-moz)
- **MRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mrp)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-most)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-move)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-moss)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mute)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-muse)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-moth)
- **mule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mule)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-moto)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mori)

## Common misspellings (5)
`mmore`, `moer`, `morre`, `mroe`, `omre`

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