morion
\mɔ.ʁjɔ̃\
The verdict
“morion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte d’armure de tête plus légère que le casque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-morion · morion · French
morion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.ʁjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
morion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.ʁjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for morion, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is morion, spelled M-O-R-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sorte d’armure de tête plus légère que le casque.
- 2Punition militaire qui consistait en des coups de hampe de hallebarde, etc., sur le derrière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’avait qu’un simple morion.
Sous la camisole de mailles et le morion d'acier, les deux hommes devaient être en nage, mais ils s'abstinrent de toute plainte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.