morphine
/ˈmɔː.fiːn/
"morphine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“morphine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,903
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; i...
Corpus desk
Index EN-morphine · morphine · English
morphine · rank #17,903 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,903
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH motherhood
Nearest frequency peer: motherhood (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “morphine”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- midday
midday
82,101 corpus weight
- moan
moan
82,100 corpus weight
- morphine
morphine
82,098 corpus weight
- motherhood
motherhood
82,097 corpus weight
- Motorola
Motorola
82,096 corpus weight
- murderous
murderous
82,095 corpus weight
What this shows “morphine” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morphine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔː.fiːn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “morphine”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around morphine (IPA /ˈmɔː.fiːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,903 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; i...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for morphine, with forms such as "mmorphine", "moprhine", and "morhpine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "moraine", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”). The correct English form is morphine, spelled M-O-R-P-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
Etymology
Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmorphine
- moprhine
- morhpine
- morphhine
- morphien
- morphinne
- morphnie
- morpihne
- morpphine
- morrphine
- mrophine
- omrphine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morphine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).