mordre

/\mɔʁdʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,429

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mordre is aFrenchverb. It means: Serrer avec les dents de manière à entamer. Pronounced \mɔʁdʁ\. Often confused with more and morte.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mordre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mordre is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔʁdʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,429 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mordre, with forms such as "mmordre", "modrre", and "morddre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "more", "morte", "mordu", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mordre, spelled M-O-R-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmordre,modrre,morddre,morder,mordrre,morrde,morrdre,mrodre,omrdre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mordre

Misspelling Variants of "mordre"

mmordre7modrre6morddre7morder6mordrre7morrde6morrdre7mrodre6
Misspelling Variants of "mordre"

Frequency rank: #13,429 in French

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?
"mordre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.