morgan
mor·gan/ˈmɔɹɡən/noun
morgan is spelled M-O-R-G-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (mor·gan). It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morgan means “A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morgan is morgans.
How many letters and syllables are in morgan?
| Letters | 6: M-O-R-G-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mor·gan |
| In writing | 26 times per million words; the 3,479th 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; 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 morgan?
Morgan appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th 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 morgan?
- US /ˈmɔɹɡən/
- UK /ˈmɔːɡən/
Morgan has 2 syllables, split mor·gan in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-morgan.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Morgan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morgan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as morgan (/ɔɹɡən/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: garmon.
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 morgan
- morgans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morgan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
noun
- 1
A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
- 2
A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
- 3
A Morgan dollar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does morgan come from?
Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).