morton

/\mɔʁ.tɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,048

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

morton is aFrenchnoun. It means: Agaric meurtrier. Pronounced \mɔʁ.tɔ̃\. Often confused with morts and motos.

Key facts for morton
PropertyValue
Headwordmorton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁ.tɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,048
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for morton is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔʁ.tɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,048 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Agaric meurtrier.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for morton, with forms such as "mmorton", "morotn", and "morrton". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "morts", "motos", "motor", 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 morton, spelled M-O-R-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agaric meurtrier.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorton,morotn,morrton,mortno,mortonn,mortton,motron,mroton,omrton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morton

Misspelling Variants of "morton"

mmorton7morotn6morrton7mortno6mortonn7mortton7motron6mroton6
Misspelling Variants of "morton"

Frequency rank: #29,048 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morton"?
"morton" is spelled M-O-R-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.tɔ̃\.
What does "morton" mean?
As a noun, "morton" means: Agaric meurtrier.
What words are commonly confused with "morton"?
"morton" is commonly confused with "morts", "motos", "motor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morton" is \mɔʁ.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morton" come from?
"morton" 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.