morceaux

\mɔʁ.so\

/\mɔʁ.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“morceaux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,091
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de morceau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-morceaux · morceaux · French

morceaux · rank #3,091 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,091
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH morceau

Nearest frequency peer: morceau (-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 « morceaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « morceaux » 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).

morceaux vs moreau
75% similar
morceaux vs moraux
75% similar
morceaux vs morceau
88% similar

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

Key facts for morceaux
PropertyValue
Headwordmorceaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁ.so\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,091
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « morceaux »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « morceau » (#3,090), « navire » (#3,092), « montée » (#3,089). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « morceaux » est au #3,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around morceaux (IPA \mɔʁ.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,091 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de morceau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for morceaux, with forms such as "mmorceaux", "mocreaux", and "morcaeux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "moreau", "moraux", "morceau", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is morceaux, spelled M-O-R-C-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de morceau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce sont des morceaux des livres, tous interminables, que Kafka écrivit, qui sont là, étudiés, talmudisés, dans sa correspondance.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmorceaux
  • mocreaux
  • morcaeux
  • morcceaux
  • morceauxx
  • morceaxu
  • morceuax
  • morecaux
  • morrceaux
  • mroceaux
  • omrceaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morceaux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmorceaux1mocreaux2morcaeux2morcceaux1morceauxx1morceaxu2morceuax2morecaux2
Edit distance from "morceaux"

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 "morceaux"?
"morceaux" is spelled M-O-R-C-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.so\.
What does "morceaux" mean?
As a noun, "morceaux" means: Pluriel de morceau.
What words are commonly confused with "morceaux"?
"morceaux" is commonly confused with "moreau", "moraux", "morceau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morceaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morceaux" is \mɔʁ.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morceaux" come from?
"morceaux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

poursuit#3,096magasins#3,084rapporte#3,100troubles#3,110

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

symbole11 variantsdizaines11 variantsdestiné11 variantsaugmente11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list