# mort

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɔːt/ · frequency rank #26,514

## Definitions
1. Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.
2. A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.
3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
4. A variety of dummy whist for three players.
5. The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.

## Etymology
From Middle English mort, from Old French mort (“death”).

## Easily confused with
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mr)
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mt)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mrs)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mri)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mos)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mow)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mst)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mrt)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mrc)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-moz)
- **MRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mrp)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-most)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-must)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-move)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-moss)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-moth)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-moto)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-myra)

## Common misspellings (6)
`mmort`, `morrt`, `mortt`, `motr`, `mrot`, `omrt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mort