moral

\mɔ.ʁal\

/\mɔ.ʁal\/ adj

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The verdict

“moral” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,839
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne les mœurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moral · moral · French

moral · rank #2,839 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,839
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marques

Nearest frequency peer: marques (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « moral »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « moral » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

moral vs mort
60% similar
moral vs more
60% similar
moral vs Mord
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for moral
PropertyValue
Headwordmoral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.ʁal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,839
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moral »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moralse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marques » (#2,838), « multiples » (#2,840), « manifestations » (#2,837). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moral » est au #2,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around moral (IPA \mɔ.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,839 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for moral, with forms such as "mmoral", "moarl", and "morall". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mort", "more", "Mord", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is moral, spelled M-O-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne les mœurs.
  2. 2
    Relatif au sens du bien et du mal.
  3. 3
    Qui a des mœurs, qui a des principes et une conduite conforme à la morale.
  4. 4
    Qui est conforme aux bonnes mœurs.
  5. 5
    Qui ne tombe pas sous les sens. Dans cette acception, il est opposé à physique.
  6. 6
    Qui a pour principe les seules lumières de la raison, par opposition à surnaturel.
  7. 7
    Se dit d’une assemblée ou d’un groupement qui a la capacité à ester en justice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La lutte des intérêts matériels et des principes moraux, de l’utilité et du devoir, du matérialisme et du spiritualisme, se représente ici avec une nouvelle force, et sous un point de vue encore plus important.
  2. Cependant les femmes de Lima gouvernent les hommes parce qu’elles leur sont bien supérieures en intelligence et en force morale.

Synonyms

éthique

Antonyms

amoralantimoralimmoral

This word in other languages

moral(English)moral(Español)moralisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoral
  • moarl
  • morall
  • morla
  • morral
  • mroal
  • omral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moral - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmoral1moarl2morall1morla2morral1mroal2omral2
Edit distance from "moral"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moral"?
"moral" is spelled M-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.ʁal\.
What does "moral" mean?
As an adjective, "moral" means: Qui concerne les mœurs.
What words are commonly confused with "moral"?
"moral" is commonly confused with "mort", "more", "Mord". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moral" is \mɔ.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moral" come from?
"moral" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Alpes7 variantsultra7 variantssalles7 variantsrécit7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list