morues
\mɔ.ʁy\
The verdict
“morues” is uncommon French (frequency #76,808 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,808
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de morue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-morues · morues · French
morues · rank #76,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,808
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Montbard
Nearest frequency peer: Montbard (-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 « morues »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- moissonneus…
moissonneuses
23,197 corpus weight
- monobloc
monobloc
23,195 corpus weight
- Montbard
Montbard
23,194 corpus weight
- morues
morues
23,193 corpus weight
- moti
moti
23,192 corpus weight
- multidiscip…
multidisciplinaires
23,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « morues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.ʁy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « morues » en français
Rare enough to double-check
morues is uncommon French at frequency #76,808 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.ʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de morue.".
morues has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is morues, spelled M-O-R-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de morue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how morues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jours d'épreuves de mathématiques, ajustant son col châle et sortant d'un film de Jean Renoir, il optait pour le frac, affublé dans le dos de deux basques rectangulaires qui, semblables à la queue des morues, chatouillaient la pliure de ses genoux.
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.
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