# Morley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,045

## Definitions
1. Any of various places in England:
2. Any of various places in England:
3. Any of various places in England:
4. Any of various places in England:
5. Any of various places in England:
6. A commune in Meuse department, Grand Est, France.
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. A number of places in the United States:
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A number of places in the United States:
13. A township in the Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada.
14. A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia.
15. A habitational surname from Old English.
16. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-morse)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-morty)
- **motley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-motley)
- **Mosley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-mosley)
- **Morten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-morten)
- **morsel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-morsel)
- **Moslem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-moslem)
- **Moseley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morley-vs-moseley)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-morley)
- **mole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mole-vs-morley)
- **moly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moly-vs-morley)
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/money-vs-morley)
- **molly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molly-vs-morley)
- **Miley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miley-vs-morley)
- **merle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merle-vs-morley)
- **moray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moray-vs-morley)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mores-vs-morley)
- **moldy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moldy-vs-morley)
- **morel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morel-vs-morley)
- **monkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monkey-vs-morley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mmorley`, `molrey`, `morely`, `morleyy`, `morlley`, `morlye`, `morrley`, `mroley`, `omrley`

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