# morph

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɔː(ɹ)f/ · frequency rank #26,513

## Definitions
1. A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.
2. An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.

## Etymology
Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.

## Easily confused with
- **mph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-mph)
- **MRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-mrp)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-moth)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-mort)
- **MSRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-msrp)
- **mosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-mosh)
- **mouth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-mouth)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-morse)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-morty)
- **myrrh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-myrrh)
- **Murphy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-murphy)
- **mop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mop-vs-morph)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mor-vs-morph)
- **moh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moh-vs-morph)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-morph)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mori-vs-morph)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mora-vs-morph)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morn-vs-morph)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moro-vs-morph)
- **march** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/march-vs-morph)

## Common misspellings (8)
`mmorph`, `moprh`, `morhp`, `morphh`, `morpph`, `morrph`, `mroph`, `omrph`

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