morbus

noun

The verdict

“morbus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infirmité, maladie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-morbus · morbus · French

morbus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for morbus
PropertyValue
Headwordmorbus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « morbus » en français

morbusn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

morbus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Infirmité, maladie.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for morbus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is morbus, spelled M-O-R-B-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infirmité, maladie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. in morbo esse
  2. iam signa letalia in furoris morbo risum, sapientiae vero aegritudine fimbriarum curam et stragulae vestis plicaturas, a somno moventium neglectum, praefandi umoris e corpore effluvium, in oculorum quidem et narium aspectu indubitata maxime atque etiam supino adsidue cubitu, venarum inaequabili aut formicante percussu, quaeque alia Hippocrati principi med…

Synonyms

aegritudoaegror

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morbus"?
"morbus" is spelled M-O-R-B-U-S.
What does "morbus" mean?
As a noun, "morbus" means: Infirmité, maladie.
What language does "morbus" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list