morepork
/ˈmɔːpɔːk/
"morepork" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“morepork” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania.
Corpus desk
Index EN-morepork · morepork · English
morepork · 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 | morepork |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔːpɔːk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “morepork” in English
Rare enough to double-check
morepork is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɔːpɔːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
morepork doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: The word is imitative of the bird's call. The correct English form is morepork, spelled M-O-R-E-P-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania.
- 2Used as a mild term of abuse.
- 3Used as a mild term of abuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morepork appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]he eye of the Morepork or Greater Night Jarr,^([sic]) which I lately had the opportunity of examining, is wonderfully adapted for enabling it to see the insects in the dark, on which it feeds.
Although the living figure of our owl may be unknown to most persons, from the nature of its habits, yet few, perhaps very few, of the older settlers are unacquainted with the human-like cry of the More-pork.
Etymology
The word is imitative of the bird's call.
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.