Mord

\mɔʁt\

/\mɔʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“Mord” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,002
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mord · Mord · French

Mord · rank #18,002 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,002
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH montrera

Nearest frequency peer: montrera (-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 « Mord »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Mord » 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).

Mord vs MR
25% similar
Mord vs mot
25% similar
Mord vs mur
25% similar

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

Key facts for Mord
PropertyValue
HeadwordMord
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,002
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mord »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Mordse 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 « montrera » (#18,001), « murmure » (#18,003), « milliardaires » (#18,000). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mord » est au #18,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Mord (IPA \mɔʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,002 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Meurtre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mord, with forms such as "mmord", "modr", and "mordd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "mot", "mur", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Mord, spelled M-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meurtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er wird des Mordes angeklagt.
  2. Der Mord an der Tochter des Ideologen Alexander Dugin dürfte die Radikalisierung in Russland weiter befeuern.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmord
  • modr
  • mordd
  • morrd
  • mrod
  • omrd

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mord - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmord1modr2mordd1morrd1mrod2omrd2
Edit distance from "Mord"

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 "Mord"?
"Mord" is spelled M-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁt\.
What does "Mord" mean?
As a noun, "Mord" means: Meurtre.
What words are commonly confused with "Mord"?
"Mord" is commonly confused with "MR", "mot", "mur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mord" is \mɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mord" come from?
"Mord" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kirk#17,984ions#17,978IIIe#17,973râle#18,052

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

sand6 variantsshell6 variantssorry6 variantsdong6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list