mordre

\mɔʁdʁ\

/\mɔʁdʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“mordre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,429
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serrer avec les dents de manière à entamer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mordre · mordre · French

mordre · rank #13,429 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,429
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH ministériel

Nearest frequency peer: ministériel (-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 « mordre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mordre » 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).

mordre vs more
67% similar
mordre vs morte
67% similar
mordre vs mordu
67% similar

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

Key facts for mordre
PropertyValue
Headwordmordre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔʁdʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,429
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mordre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mordrese 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 « ministériel » (#13,428), « Morel » (#13,430), « mineures » (#13,427). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mordre » est au #13,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mordre (IPA \mɔʁdʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,429 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mordre, with forms such as "mmordre", "modrre", and "morddre". 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, "more", "morte", "mordu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mordre, spelled M-O-R-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Serrer avec les dents de manière à entamer.
  2. 2
    Piquer avec le bec ou un dard.
  3. 3
    Enserrer fermement.
  4. 4
    Prendre du goût pour une étude ou une activité, y faire des progrès.
  5. 5
    Saisir, passionner.
  6. 6
    Ronger, creuser ou percer.
  7. 7
    Saisir l’appât.
  8. 8
    Se faire piéger.
  9. 9
    Faire subir l’action de l’eau-forte, après avoir découvert en différents endroits, à l’aide d’une pointe à graver, le vernis dont elle est enduite.
  10. 10
    Dépasser, déborder.
  11. 11
    Border, comme en empiétant.
  12. 12
    Médire, reprendre, critiquer, censurer avec âpreté.
  13. 13
    Regarder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Catherine et moi nous allions derrière, dans le verger ; nous mordions dans les mêmes pommes et dans les mêmes poires ; nous étions les plus heureux du monde.
  2. Il trempait son pain dans sa soupe et il en mordait d’énormes bouchées, […].

Synonyms

gnaquerniaquer

This word in other languages

bite(English)morder(Español)beißen(Deutsch)morder(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmordre
  • modrre
  • morddre
  • morder
  • mordrre
  • morrde
  • morrdre
  • mrodre
  • omrdre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mordre - 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.

mmordre1modrre2morddre1morder2mordrre1morrde2morrdre1mrodre2
Edit distance from "mordre"

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 "mordre"?
"mordre" is spelled M-O-R-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁdʁ\.
What does "mordre" mean?
As a verb, "mordre" means: Serrer avec les dents de manière à entamer.
What words are commonly confused with "mordre"?
"mordre" is commonly confused with "more", "morte", "mordu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mordre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mordre" is \mɔʁdʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mordre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

morris#13,431mentor#13,426mangez#13,424oignon#13,439

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

laurier9 variantsperche9 variantspoteaux9 variantsHolmes9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list