morphological
/ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
"morphological" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“morphological” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,913 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #23,913
- frequency rank, English
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morphological |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #23,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morphological” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for morphological is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,913 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of, or pertaining to, morphology.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for morphological, with forms such as "mmorphological", "moprhological", and "morhpological". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From morphology + -ical. The correct English form is morphological, spelled M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
Etymology
From morphology + -ical.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmorphological,moprhological,morhpological,morphhological,morphloogical,morpholgoical,morphollogical,morphologcial,morphologgical,morphologiacl,morphologicall,morphologiccal,morphologicla,morpholoigcal,morphoolgical,morpohlogical,morpphological,morrphological,mrophological,omrphological
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morphological - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “morphological”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.