morve

\mɔʁv\

/\mɔʁv\/ noun

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The verdict

“morve” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,907
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie bactérienne grave, avec fièvre, atteignant notamment la peau et les muqueuses, à laquelle les équidés (chevaux, ânes, etc.) sont sujets et qui est très contagieuse entre eux, surtout lors d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-morve · morve · French

morve · rank #41,907 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,907
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH morosité

Nearest frequency peer: morosité (-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 « morve »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « morve » 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).

morve vs move
80% similar
morve vs mûre
60% similar
morve vs moue
60% similar

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

Key facts for morve
PropertyValue
Headwordmorve
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔʁv\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,907
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « morve »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).morvese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « morosité » (#41,906), « MotoGP » (#41,908), « Montoya » (#41,905). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « morve » est au #41,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around morve (IPA \mɔʁv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,907 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for morve, with forms such as "mmorve", "morev", and "morrve". 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, "move", "mûre", "moue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is morve, spelled M-O-R-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maladie bactérienne grave, avec fièvre, atteignant notamment la peau et les muqueuses, à laquelle les équidés (chevaux, ânes, etc.) sont sujets et qui est très contagieuse entre eux, surtout lors de rassemblements, et peut atteindre d’autres animaux et rarement l’être humain (zoonose).
  2. 2
    Humeur qui découle des narines.
  3. 3
    Pourriture attaquant diverses plantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La morve sévit essentiellement en Asie, notamment en Mongolie, mais aussi de façon ponctuelle en Afrique de l’Ouest et du centre. Elle affecte tout particulièrement les chevaux, les mulets et les ânes, et parfois d’autres animaux. Sa transmission à l’homme est rare.
  2. D’autres […] pratiquent dans le nez des lésions simulant les ulcères de la morve, et cautérisent adroitement les dilacérations, ordinairement avec le nitrate d’argent.

This word in other languages

glanders(English)muermo(Español)Rotz(Deutsch)ranho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmorve
  • morev
  • morrve
  • morvve
  • movre
  • mrove
  • omrve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morve - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmorve1morev2morrve1morvve1movre2mrove2omrve2
Edit distance from "morve"

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 "morve"?
"morve" is spelled M-O-R-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔʁv\.
What does "morve" mean?
As a noun, "morve" means: Maladie bactérienne grave, avec fièvre, atteignant notamment la peau et les muqueuses, à laquelle les équidés (chevaux, ânes, etc.) sont sujets et qui est très contagieuse entre eux, surtout lors d...
What words are commonly confused with "morve"?
"morve" is commonly confused with "move", "mûre", "moue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morve" is \mɔʁv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morve" come from?
"morve" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Médée#41,913mobil#41,900Nagui#41,915nanny#41,916

Similar misspelling depth

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

nasal7 variantsmargo7 variantsmakes7 variantsmahal7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list