morel
/məˈɹɛl/noun
morel is spelled M-O-R-E-L: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morel means “A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morel is morels.
How many letters and syllables are in morel?
| Letters | 5: M-O-R-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th 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 morel?
Morel appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 morel?
- US /məˈɹɛl/
Morel 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-morel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morel?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morel from its last stressed vowel (/ɛl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moler.
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 morel
- morels plural
- morell
- moril
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
- 2
archaicSynonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
- 3
Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | morille |
| German | Morchel , Speisemorchel, Speise-Morchel, Rundmorchel, Rund-Morchel |
| Portuguese | morquela |
| Spanish | colmenilla, colmena, morilla, múrgol, cagarria |
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 morel come from?
Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Middle High German morhel, morchel (“edible fungus, morel”), from Old High German morhila (“edible root”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *morhā (“tree root, plant root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ (“edible root”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to German Morchel (“morel”), Middle Low German morke (“mushroom, morel”), German Möhre (“carrot”). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) + -el (diminutive suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).