morse
/mɔːs/noun
morse is spelled M-O-R-S-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morse means “A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morse is morses.
How many letters and syllables are in morse?
| Letters | 5: M-O-R-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 morse?
Morse appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 morse?
- UK /mɔːs/
Morse has one syllable (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-Morse.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-morse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morse?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morse from its last stressed vowel (/ɔs/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mores, moser, smore, meros.
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 morse
- morses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
- 2
obsoleteSynonym of walrus.
noun
- 1
Clipping of Morse code.
We sent a message in Morse.
verb
- 1
To transmit by Morse code.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does morse come from?
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).