morale
\mɔ.ʁal\
The verdict
“morale” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,685 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,685
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Science de la séparation du bien et du mal.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for morale is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.ʁal\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,685 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for morale, with forms such as "mmorale", "moarle", and "morael". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "more", "morte", "moule", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is morale, spelled M-O-R-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Science de la séparation du bien et du mal.
- 2Ensemble de doctrines, de règles de conduite, de relations sociales qu'une société se donne et qui varient selon la culture, les croyances, les conditions de vie et les besoins de la société.
- 3Traité de morale.
- 4Leçon morale qui se dégage d'un ouvrage, d'une histoire. Souvent quelques phrases de vers ou de prose qui la résument.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmorale,moarle,morael,moralle,morlae,morrale,mroale,omrale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morale - 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.
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.
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Using “morale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔ.ʁal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “more” - see the side-by-side comparison. morale vs more
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.