morve
\mɔʁv\
The verdict
“morve” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,907 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,907
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morve |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁv\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #41,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morve” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for morve is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔʁv\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,907 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Maladie 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).
- 2Humeur qui découle des narines.
- 3Pourriture attaquant diverses plantes.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “morve”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔʁv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “move” - see the side-by-side comparison. morve vs move
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.