more

\mɔʁ\

/\mɔʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“more” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,852
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores.

Corpus desk

Index FR-more · more · French

more · rank #6,852 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,852
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monarchie

Nearest frequency peer: monarchie (-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 « more »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « more » 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).

more vs MR
0% similar
more vs mot
50% similar
more vs mur
50% similar

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

Key facts for more
PropertyValue
Headwordmore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,852
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « more »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.morese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « monarchie » (#6,851), « municipaux » (#6,853), « menées » (#6,850). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « more » est au #6,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around more (IPA \mɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,852 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for more, with forms such as "mmore", "moer", and "morre". 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is more, spelled M-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une syllabe contenant une seule more est dite monomorique ; si elle est composée de deux mores, elle est appelée bimorique.
  2. Le japonais とうきょう, toukyou (« Tōkyō ») possède 2 syllabes (とう-きょう, tou-kyou), mais 4 mores (と-う-きょ-う, to-u-kyo-u).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmore
  • moer
  • morre
  • mroe
  • omre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of more - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmore1moer2morre1mroe2omre2
Edit distance from "more"

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 "more"?
"more" is spelled M-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ\.
What does "more" mean?
As a noun, "more" means: Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores.
What words are commonly confused with "more"?
"more" 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 "more"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "more" is \mɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "more" come from?
"more" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list