moral

/\mɔ.ʁal\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,839

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

moral is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui concerne les mœurs. Pronounced \mɔ.ʁal\. It ranks #2,839 in French word frequency. Often confused with mort and more.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of moral in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for moral is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.ʁal\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,839 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for moral, with forms such as "mmoral", "moarl", and "morall". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is moral, spelled M-O-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoral,moarl,morall,morla,morral,mroal,omral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for moral

Misspelling Variants of "moral"

mmoral6moarl5morall6morla5morral6mroal5omral5
Misspelling Variants of "moral"

Frequency rank: #2,839 in French

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 adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.