# Morpheus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/ · frequency rank #42,285

## Definitions
1. The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Morpheus (possibly coined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses as the god is not mentioned in earlier works), from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).

## Common misspellings (12)
`mmorpheus`, `moprheus`, `morhpeus`, `morpehus`, `morphesu`, `morpheuss`, `morphheus`, `morphues`, `morppheus`, `morrpheus`, `mropheus`, `omrpheus`

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