Morice

name

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Morice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Morice
PropertyValue
HeadwordMorice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,370
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Morice » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Moricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « morgana » (#50,369), « Morphée » (#50,371), « Montel » (#50,368). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Morice » est au #50,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Morice"?
"Morice" is spelled M-O-R-I-C-E.
What does "Morice" mean?
As a proper noun, "Morice" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Morice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list