Français homophones

maure/maures/mords/more/mors/mort/morts

"maure" is an adjective; "mords" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #10 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "maure" arrives as an adjective, while "mords" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "maure" then splits - "maure" (5 letters) vs "maures" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "maure" is 5 letters, "mords" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maure" is 5 letters, "more" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maure" is 5 letters, "mors" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maure" is 5 letters, "mort" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maure" is 5 letters, "morts" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maures" is 6 letters, "mords" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maures" is 6 letters, "more" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maures" is 6 letters, "mors" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maures" is 6 letters, "mort" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "maures" is 6 letters, "morts" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "mor" then splits - "mords" (5 letters) vs "more" (4).
Shared stem "mor" then splits - "mords" (5 letters) vs "mors" (4).
Shared stem "mor" then splits - "mords" (5 letters) vs "mort" (4).
Shared stem "mor" then splits - "mords" (5 letters) vs "morts" (5).
Single-letter fork: "more" keeps e, "mors" writes s at letter 4.
Single-letter fork: "more" keeps e, "mort" writes t at letter 4.
Shared stem "mor" then splits - "more" (4 letters) vs "morts" (5).
Single-letter fork: "mors" keeps s, "mort" writes t at letter 4.
Shared stem "mor" then splits - "mors" (4 letters) vs "morts" (5).
Shared stem "mort" then splits - "mort" (4 letters) vs "morts" (5).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across maure, maures, mords, more, mors, mort, morts: mr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

maure
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory aemru · private aeu
maures
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory aemrsu · private aesu
mords
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory dmors · private dos
more
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory emor · private eo
mors
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory mors · private os
mort
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCC
Inventory mort · private ot
morts
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVCCC
Inventory morst · private ost

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "maure" when you mean: Qui concerne les Maures ou leur culture.
Write "maures" when you mean: Pluriel de l’adjectif maure.
Write "mords" when you mean: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de mordre.
Write "more" when you mean: Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyell…
Write "mors" when you mean: Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette, etc.
Write "mort" when you mean: Arrêt définitif des fonctions vitales (assimilation de nutriments, respiration, fonctionnement du système nerveux central).
Write "morts" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de mort.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

maure ← amure · marue · mauer · maurre · mmaure · muare
maures ← amures · marues · mauers · mauress · maurres · maurse
mords ← mmords · modrs · mordds · mordss · morrds · morsd
more ← mmore · moer · morre · mroe · omre
mors ← mmors · morrs · morss · mosr · mros · omrs
mort ← mmort · morrt · mortt · motr · mrot · omrt
morts ← mmorts · morrts · morst · mortss · mortts · motrs

Each spelling

maure

adjective · /\mɔʁ\/ · #29,856 frequency

Qui concerne les Maures ou leur culture.

maures

adjective · /\mɔʁ\/ · #22,330 frequency

Pluriel de l’adjectif maure.

mords

verb · /\mɔʁ\/ · #34,200 frequency

Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de mordre.

noun · /\mɔʁ\/ · #6,852 frequency

Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores.

mors

noun · /\mɔʁ\/ · #34,201 frequency

Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette, etc.

mort

noun · /\mɔʁ\/ · #187 frequency

Arrêt définitif des fonctions vitales (assimilation de nutriments, respiration, fonctionnement du système nerveux central).

morts

adjective · /\mɔʁ\/ · #924 frequency

Masculin pluriel de mort.