morelle
\mo.ʁɛl\
The verdict
“morelle” is uncommon French (frequency #57,433 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,433
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom courant de plantes du genre Solanum, en particulier la morelle douce-amère, ainsi que d’autres solanacées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo.ʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morelle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
morelle is uncommon French at frequency #57,433 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo.ʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom courant de plantes du genre Solanum, en particulier la morelle douce-amère, ainsi que d’autres solanacées.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for morelle, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 morelle, spelled M-O-R-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom courant de plantes du genre Solanum, en particulier la morelle douce-amère, ainsi que d’autres solanacées.
Synonyms
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 “morelle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mo.ʁɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.