Morlaix

\mɔʁ.lɛ\

/\mɔʁ.lɛ\/ name

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The verdict

“Morlaix” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,744
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune du Finistère, en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-morlaix · Morlaix · French

Morlaix · rank #25,744 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #25,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH motor

Nearest frequency peer: motor (+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 « Morlaix »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Morlaix » 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).

Morlaix vs moraux
57% similar

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

Key facts for Morlaix
PropertyValue
HeadwordMorlaix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɔʁ.lɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,744
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Morlaix »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « motor » (#25,745), « Montesquieu » (#25,742), « mutants » (#25,746). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Morlaix » est au #25,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Morlaix (IPA \mɔʁ.lɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,744 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Morlaix, with forms such as "mmorlaix", "molraix", and "moralix". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "moraux", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Morlaix, spelled M-O-R-L-A-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune du Finistère, en France.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département du Finistère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le merl est une substance calcaire que l'on rencontre sur les côtes de la Bretagne, à Quimper, à Morlaix, à Belle-Isle-en-Mer et sur celles d'Angleterre, dans le Cornwall et le Devonshire.
  2. Les Coëtanlem, dont le dernier représentant mâle est mort à Henvic en 1839, sont originaires, sinon de Morlaix, du moins des environs de Morlaix, Ploëzoch, ou Henvic, où est la terre de Keraudy, ou même de Saint-Pol-de-Léon.

This word in other languages

Morlaix(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmorlaix
  • molraix
  • moralix
  • morlaixx
  • morlaxi
  • morliax
  • morllaix
  • morrlaix
  • mrolaix
  • omrlaix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Morlaix - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmorlaix1molraix2moralix2morlaixx1morlaxi2morliax2morllaix1morrlaix1
Edit distance from "Morlaix"

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 "Morlaix"?
"Morlaix" is spelled M-O-R-L-A-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.lɛ\.
What does "Morlaix" mean?
As a proper noun, "Morlaix" means: Commune du Finistère, en France.
What words are commonly confused with "Morlaix"?
"Morlaix" is commonly confused with "moraux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Morlaix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Morlaix" is \mɔʁ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Morlaix" come from?
"Morlaix" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mutants#25,746Moncton#25,740nominal#25,753miniers#25,733

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Pearson10 variantspointus10 variantspontife10 variantsLafarge10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list