mortifères

\mɔʁ.ti.fɛʁ\

/\mɔʁ.ti.fɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“mortifères” is uncommon French (frequency #85,039 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,039
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mortifère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mortiferes · mortifères · French

mortifères · rank #85,039 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,039
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mortification

Nearest frequency peer: mortification (-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 « mortifères »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mortifères
PropertyValue
Headwordmortifères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔʁ.ti.fɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,039
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mortifères » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mortification » (#85,038), « mousseau » (#85,040), « muent » (#85,042). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mortifères » est au #85,039. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mortifères is uncommon French at frequency #85,039 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔʁ.ti.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mortifère.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mortifères in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 mortifères, spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mortifère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette adaptation libre en six épisodes du roman Todo esto te daré de Dolores Redondo réserve son lot de querelles familiales, de secrets enfouis et de non-dits mortifères…

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 "mortifères"?
"mortifères" is spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.ti.fɛʁ\.
What does "mortifères" mean?
As an adjective, "mortifères" means: Pluriel de mortifère.
How do you pronounce "mortifères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mortifères" is \mɔʁ.ti.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

modulateur#85,028mnémonique#85,026nonciature#85,061martyrisée#85,001

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list