Mordred
\mɔʁ.dʁɛd\
The verdict
“Mordred” is uncommon French (frequency #93,006 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,006
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chevalier de la Table ronde dans la légende arthurienne, fils adultère du roi Arthur et de sa demi-sœur Morgane. Il est souvent présenté comme le demi-frère de Gauvain, Agravain, Gahéris et Gareth,...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mordred |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.dʁɛd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mordred” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mordred is uncommon French at frequency #93,006 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɔʁ.dʁɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chevalier de la Table ronde dans la légende arthurienne, fils adultère du roi Arthur et de sa demi-sœur Morgane. Il est souvent présenté comme le demi-frère de Gauvain, Agravain, Gahéris et Gareth,...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mordred in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Mordred, spelled M-O-R-D-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Chevalier de la Table ronde dans la légende arthurienne, fils adultère du roi Arthur et de sa demi-sœur Morgane. Il est souvent présenté comme le demi-frère de Gauvain, Agravain, Gahéris et Gareth, fils de Morgause.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Mordred”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-D-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.