morse

\mɔʁs\

/\mɔʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“morse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,049. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,049
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de mammifère marin amphibie très grand, vivant autour du pôle Nord, à allure massive, aux moustaches drues, et de longues défenses chez le mâle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-morse · morse · French

morse · rank #25,049 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,049
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Minsk

Nearest frequency peer: Minsk (-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 « morse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « morse » 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).

morse vs mos
60% similar
morse vs mort
60% similar
morse vs mots
60% similar

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

Key facts for morse
PropertyValue
Headwordmorse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,049
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « morse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).morsese 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 « Minsk » (#25,048), « mourrir » (#25,050), « miner » (#25,047). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « morse » est au #25,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around morse (IPA \mɔʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,049 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for morse, with forms such as "mmorse", "mores", and "morrse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mos", "mort", "mots", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is morse, spelled M-O-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de mammifère marin amphibie très grand, vivant autour du pôle Nord, à allure massive, aux moustaches drues, et de longues défenses chez le mâle.
  2. 2
    Surnom donné aux adeptes russes des bains glacés, dans les plans d’eau gelés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les morses étaient alors en grand nombre. […]. Quelques-uns rampaient sur le sable au moyen de leurs pieds courts et palmés. Mais, pour la plupart, groupés par famille, ils dormaient. Un ou deux, des plus grands, mâles longs de trois mètres, à pelage peu fourni, de couleur roussâtre, semblaient veiller comme des sentinelles sur le reste du troupeau.
  2. Les « morses » de Moscou ont formé une section au sein du Conseil de l’Union des associations et organisations sportives moscovites.

Synonyms

cheval de mervache marinewalrus

This word in other languages

walrus(English)morsa(Español)Walross(Deutsch)morsa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmorse
  • mores
  • morrse
  • morsse
  • mosre
  • mrose
  • omrse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morse - 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.

mmorse1mores2morrse1morsse1mosre2mrose2omrse2
Edit distance from "morse"

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 "morse"?
"morse" is spelled M-O-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁs\.
What does "morse" mean?
As a noun, "morse" means: Espèce de mammifère marin amphibie très grand, vivant autour du pôle Nord, à allure massive, aux moustaches drues, et de longues défenses chez le mâle.
What words are commonly confused with "morse"?
"morse" is commonly confused with "mos", "mort", "mots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morse" is \mɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morse" come from?
"morse" 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 "morse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Minsk#25,048miner#25,047naine#25,054notée#25,060

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

macho7 variantslacan7 variantshorse7 variantsgrues7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list