morphology
/mɔɹˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/noun
morphology is spelled M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morphology means “The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morphology is morphologies.
How many letters and syllables are in morphology?
| Letters | 10: M-O-R-P-H-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 morphology?
Morphology appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 morphology?
- UK /mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- US /mɔɹˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- Australia /moːˈfɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Morphology has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-morphology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morphology?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morphology from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlədʒi/):
- technology
- psychology
- biology
- apology
- ideology
- methodology
- sociology
- geology
- ecology
- terminology
- anthropology
- mythology
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 morphology
- morphologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morphology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
- 2
The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- 3
The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- 4
Mathematical morphology.
- 5
The form and structure of something.
- 6
A description of the form and structure of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate morphology?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of morphology: morph., morphol..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morphology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | morphologie |
| German | Morphologie, Formenlehre , Wortbildung |
| Portuguese | morfologia |
| Spanish | morfología |
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 morphology come from?
Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).