mores
/ˈmoɹeɪz/noun, verb
mores is spelled M-O-R-E-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mores means “A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mores?
| Letters | 5: M-O-R-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 mores?
Mores appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 mores?
- UK /ˈmɔːɹeɪz/
- UK /ˈmɔːɹiːz/
- US /ˈmoɹeɪz/
As a noun: /mɔː.ɹz/.
Mores 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-mores.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mores2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mores?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mores (/oɹeɪz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: morse, moser, smore, meros.
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 mores
- moeurs
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mores mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
- 2
plural of more
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of more
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mores in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a set of accepted moral norms or customs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mœurs, coutumes |
| German | Sitten, Sittenkodex, Bräuche, Sitte, Gepflogenheiten, Konventionen |
| Portuguese | moras, costumes |
| Spanish | mores |
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 mores come from?
From Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs. Doublet of moeurs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).