mortuaire

\mɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\

/\mɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“mortuaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,202
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux morts, au service, aux pompes funèbres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mortuaire · mortuaire · French

mortuaire · rank #34,202 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,202
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mors

Nearest frequency peer: mors (-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 « mortuaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mortuaire » 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
Key facts for mortuaire
PropertyValue
Headwordmortuaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,202
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mortuaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mortuairese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mors » (#34,201), « mourait » (#34,203), « mords » (#34,200). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mortuaire » est au #34,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around mortuaire (IPA \mɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,202 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux morts, au service, aux pompes funèbres.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mortuaire, with forms such as "mmortuaire", "morrtuaire", and "mortauire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mortuaire, spelled M-O-R-T-U-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux morts, au service, aux pompes funèbres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand les voisines et les pleureuses furent parties vers minuit et qu'il ne resta dans la chambre mortuaire que les femmes de la famille, on éteignit les lampes sauf une, et, dans la pénombre, Zariffa reposa en paix.
  2. Cet avis mortuaire, avec son laconisme, me parut d'une indicible tristesse et m'imposa la vision d'un de ces mornes corbillards qui, parfois, traversent Paris à vive allure sans personne derrière eux.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmortuaire
  • morrtuaire
  • mortauire
  • morttuaire
  • mortuaier
  • mortuairre
  • mortuarie
  • mortuiare
  • morutaire
  • motruaire
  • mrotuaire
  • omrtuaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mortuaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmortuaire1morrtuaire1mortauire2morttuaire1mortuaier2mortuairre1mortuarie2mortuiare2
Edit distance from "mortuaire"

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 "mortuaire"?
"mortuaire" is spelled M-O-R-T-U-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\.
What does "mortuaire" mean?
As an adjective, "mortuaire" means: Relatif aux morts, au service, aux pompes funèbres.
What are common misspellings of "mortuaire"?
Common misspellings include "mmortuaire", "morrtuaire", "mortauire", "morttuaire", "mortuaier". The correct spelling is "mortuaire".
How do you pronounce "mortuaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mortuaire" is \mɔʁ.tɥɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mortuaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list