morfema

[moɾˈfema]

/[moɾˈfema]/ noun

The verdict

“morfema” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,301 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,301
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mínimo segmento, en la estructura de las palabras, que tiene significado, sea gramatical o léxico.

Corpus desk

Index ES-morfema · morfema · Spanish

morfema · rank #93,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,301
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH moralina

Nearest frequency peer: moralina (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “morfema”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “morfema” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for morfema
PropertyValue
Headwordmorfema
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[moɾˈfema]
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,301
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “morfema” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).morfemacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “moralina” (#93,300), “morfológicamente” (#93,302), “Montfort” (#93,297). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “morfema” va en #93,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

morfema is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,301 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moɾˈfema]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for morfema, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is morfema, spelled M-O-R-F-E-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mínimo segmento, en la estructura de las palabras, que tiene significado, sea gramatical o léxico.
  2. 2
    Unidad mínima que marca la flexión gramatical en las variantes de una palabra (género, número, tiempo verbal, etc.).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how morfema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En pre-medit-a-ción hay cuatro morfemas.
  2. La palabra papeles se descompone en el lexema "papel" y el morfema o gramema "-es", que marca la variante plural.

Synonyms

monemagramemamorfema gramaticalmorfema flexivo

This word in other languages

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morfema"?
"morfema" is spelled M-O-R-F-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [moɾˈfema].
What does "morfema" mean?
As a noun, "morfema" means: Mínimo segmento, en la estructura de las palabras, que tiene significado, sea gramatical o léxico.
How do you pronounce "morfema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morfema" is [moɾˈfema]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morfema" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list