moron

\mɔ.ʁɔ̃\

/\mɔ.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“moron” is uncommon French (frequency #73,369 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,369
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imbécile congénital.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moron · moron · French

moron · rank #73,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,369
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Morey

Nearest frequency peer: Morey (-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 « moron »

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 « moron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moron
PropertyValue
Headwordmoron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.ʁɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « moron » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Morey » (#73,368), « monotones » (#73,367), « mucho » (#73,371). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moron » est au #73,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moron is uncommon French at frequency #73,369 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Imbécile congénital.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for moron, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is moron, spelled M-O-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Imbécile congénital.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un moron de la pire espèce.
  2. Y m’auront pas ces morons-là!

Synonyms

conidiotimbéciletwit

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 "moron"?
"moron" is spelled M-O-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "moron" mean?
As a noun, "moron" means: Imbécile congénital.
How do you pronounce "moron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moron" is \mɔ.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moron" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Morey#73,368mucho#73,371miele#73,357Marle#73,340

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list