morris

//ˈmorːis// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,431

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

morris is anFrenchadj. It means: Matinal. Pronounced /ˈmorːis/. Often confused with mors and morts.

Key facts for morris
PropertyValue
Headwordmorris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈmorːis/
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,431
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of morris in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for morris is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmorːis/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,431 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Matinal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for morris, with forms such as "mmorris", "morirs", and "moris". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mors", "morts", "mourir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is morris, spelled M-O-R-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matinal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorris,morirs,moris,morriss,morrsi,mroris,omrris

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morris

Misspelling Variants of "morris"

mmorris7morirs6moris5morriss7morrsi6mroris6omrris6
Misspelling Variants of "morris"

Frequency rank: #13,431 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morris"?
"morris" is spelled M-O-R-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmorːis/.
What does "morris" mean?
As an adj, "morris" means: Matinal.
What words are commonly confused with "morris"?
"morris" is commonly confused with "mors", "morts", "mourir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morris" is /ˈmorːis/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morris" come from?
"morris" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.