mortier

noun

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"mortier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mortier” is uncommon English (frequency #95,156 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,156
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mortier · mortier · English

mortier · rank #95,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,156
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH moringa

Nearest frequency peer: moringa (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “mortier”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “mortier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mortier
PropertyValue
Headwordmortier
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mortier” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).mortierfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “moringa” (#95,155), “motherfuck” (#95,158), “monetise” (#95,152). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mortier” is #95,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mortier is uncommon English at frequency #95,156 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mortier, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French mortier. The correct English form is mortier, spelled M-O-R-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.

Etymology

From French mortier.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mortier"?
"mortier" is spelled M-O-R-T-I-E-R.
What does "mortier" mean?
As a noun, "mortier" means: A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France.
What is the origin of the word "mortier"?
From French mortier. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mortier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moringa#95,155mitogen#95,149mithril#95,148medtech#95,122

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list