# morel

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈɹɛl/ · frequency rank #46,076

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-move)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mori)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mort)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-morn)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-moro)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mote)
- **moved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-moved)
- **moves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-moves)
- **Moses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-moses)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-moron)
- **motel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-motel)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-morse)
- **mural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mural)
- **Mosul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mosul)
- **mover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mover)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-morty)
- **mower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mower)
- **morph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-morph)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-mores)
- **moser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-moser)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmorel`, `moerl`, `morell`, `morle`, `morrel`, `mroel`, `omrel`

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