morpion
\mɔʁ.pjɔ̃\
The verdict
“morpion” is uncommon French (frequency #70,040 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,040
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pou du pubis (Phtirius inguinalis) très tenace qui s’attache aux endroits poilus du corps de l’être humain et peut provoquer une pédiculose pubienne (phtiriase).
Corpus desk
Index FR-morpion · morpion · French
morpion · rank #70,040 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,040
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mordait
Nearest frequency peer: mordait (-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 « morpion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Montagu
Montagu
29,965 corpus weight
- Montbrun
Montbrun
29,964 corpus weight
- mordait
mordait
29,962 corpus weight
- morpion
morpion
29,961 corpus weight
- mosca
mosca
29,960 corpus weight
- MSS
MSS
29,958 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « morpion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morpion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.pjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « morpion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
morpion is uncommon French at frequency #70,040 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔʁ.pjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for morpion in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is morpion, spelled M-O-R-P-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Pou du pubis (Phtirius inguinalis) très tenace qui s’attache aux endroits poilus du corps de l’être humain et peut provoquer une pédiculose pubienne (phtiriase).
- 2Jeune enfant ou personne de petite taille, souvent employé de façon injurieuse.
- 3Jeu simple visant à aligner successivement des ronds et des croix sur un damier de 3 ou 5 cases.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how morpion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous prétexte de bruit, sous couleur de réclame, Ai-je le droit de ternir l'honneur de cette dame En criant sur les toits, et sur l'air des lampions : " Madame la marquise m'a foutu des morpions ! " ?
J’ai les arpions qui fouettent, Et des morpions plein les roupettes […]
Synonyms
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); 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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