mors

\mɔʁ\

/\mɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mors” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,201
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mors · mors · French

mors · rank #34,201 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,201
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mords

Nearest frequency peer: mords (-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 « mors »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mors » 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).

mors vs MR
0% similar
mors vs ms
50% similar
mors vs mot
50% similar

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

Key facts for mors
PropertyValue
Headwordmors
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,201
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mors »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).morsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mords » (#34,200), « mortuaire » (#34,202), « moquez » (#34,199). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mors » est au #34,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mors (IPA \mɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,201 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mors, with forms such as "mmors", "morrs", and "morss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "ms", "mot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 mors, spelled M-O-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette, etc.
  2. 2
    La pièce qui se place dans la bouche du cheval pour le gouverner.
  3. 3
    Instrument de torture utilisé par les esclavagistes aux États-Unis sur leurs esclaves noirs. — (Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987)
  4. 4
    Partie d’un étau ou d’un mandrin enserrant la pièce à tenir.
  5. 5
    Moyen utilisé pour brider quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour les Grecs, le cheval furieux est terrible à regarder et terrible à entendre, car le grincement des dents, le bruit du mors, rappellent le grondement des Érinyes : […].
  2. Quant aux brides, aux mors, aux têtières, aux frontails, nos langues du Nord sont trop froides, trop pauvres, trop mesquines, pour en décrire les somptuosités ; […].

Synonyms

mâchoiremordache

This word in other languages

bit(English)mors(Español)Kandare(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmors
  • morrs
  • morss
  • mosr
  • mros
  • omrs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mors - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmors1morrs1morss1mosr2mros2omrs2
Edit distance from "mors"

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 "mors"?
"mors" is spelled M-O-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ\.
What does "mors" mean?
As a noun, "mors" means: Ensemble des pièces de fer qui servent à brider un cheval, comme l’embouchure, les branches, la gourmette, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "mors"?
"mors" is commonly confused with "MR", "ms", "mot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mors"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mors" is \mɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mors" come from?
"mors" 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 "mors", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Moix#34,196mint#34,193orbe#34,226orme#34,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Noëlle6 variantsogive6 variantsMarat6 variantsopale6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list