mordious
The verdict
“mordious” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mordieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mordious · mordious · French
mordious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mordious |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mordious » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mordious is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mordieu.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mordious in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists 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 mordious, spelled M-O-R-D-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Mordieu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mordious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Mordious ! est-ce qu’une vipère me pique ; j’ai senti deux crocs pointus m’entrer dans la jambe ! »
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.