Morice
The verdict
“Morice” is uncommon French (frequency #50,370 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,370
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-morice · Morice · French
Morice · rank #50,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,370
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH morgana
Nearest frequency peer: morgana (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Morice »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- monothéistes
monothéistes
49,634 corpus weight
- Montel
Montel
49,633 corpus weight
- morgana
morgana
49,632 corpus weight
- Morice
Morice
49,631 corpus weight
- Morphée
Morphée
49,630 corpus weight
- mouret
mouret
49,629 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Morice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Morice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Morice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Morice is uncommon French at frequency #50,370 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Morice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Morice, spelled M-O-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Morice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Les parties civiles savent que les débats seront très techniques, afin de permettre au juge de trancher sur la question de la responsabilité pénale, c’est absolument inévitable », souligne Olivier Morice, avocat de plusieurs familles de victimes.
Pour la troisième saison, la guinguette de la Briqueterie rouvre ses portes avec deux nouvelles têtes, le couple Xavier Morice, 35 ans, et Manon Pouliquen, 29 ans.
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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