ortie morte
\ɔʁ.ti mɔʁt\
The verdict
“ortie morte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de divers lamiers, en particulier le lamier blanc et le lamier à grandes fleurs, plantes du genre Lamium.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ortie-morte · ortie morte · French
ortie morte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ortie morte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.ti mɔʁt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ortie morte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.ti mɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vernaculaire de divers lamiers, en particulier le lamier blanc et le lamier à grandes fleurs, plantes du genre Lamium.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ortie morte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ortie morte, spelled O-R-T-I-E- -M-O-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de divers lamiers, en particulier le lamier blanc et le lamier à grandes fleurs, plantes du genre Lamium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ortie morte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et aussi Lamium album, appelée aussi ortie blanche, lamier blanc, lamion, ortie morte, pied de poule, archangélique et marachemin.
D’une façon générale, les lamiers sont des « orties mortes », car, bien qu’ils ressemblent superficiellement aux orties, ils ne piquent pas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.