morphism
/ˈmɔɹfɪzəm/noun
morphism is spelled M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morphism means “(formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morphism is morphisms.
How many letters and syllables are in morphism?
| Letters | 8: M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 morphism?
Morphism appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 morphism?
- UK /ˈmɔːfɪzəm/
- US /ˈmɔɹfɪzəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--morphism.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-morphism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morphism?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morphism from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹfɪzəm/):
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 morphism
- morphisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morphism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
(formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
- 2
Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morphism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | -morphisme , morphisme |
| German | -morphismus , Morphismus |
| Portuguese | -morfismo , morfismo |
| Spanish | -morfismo , morfismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does morphism come from?
Generalised from isomorphism, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).