mordsvsMoryWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mords is a verb, Mory is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mords” is a verb and “Mory” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,200
“mords” frequency rank
#44,055
“Mory” frequency rank
78255
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mords Mory
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de mordre. Prénom masculin.

Letter map: mords vs Mory

Shared letters muted; letters that set mords and Mory apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
mords
4 ch
Mory

Role in the sentence - mords and Mory

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mords is averb and Moryaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mords is recorded at frequency rank #34,200, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔʁ\. Mory is at rank #44,055, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 78255, this pair ranks #26,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mords vs Mory

Shared letters: mor. Private to "mords": ds. Private to "Mory": y.

"mords" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Mory" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mordsmmords · modrs · mordds · mordss · morrds · morsd · mrods · omrds
  • Morymmory · morry · moryy · moyr · mroy · omry

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mords" and "Mory" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mords" is a verb and "Mory" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mords" or "Mory" show up more?
"mords" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,200 in our French list, against #44,055 for "Mory". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "mords" vs "Mory" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mords" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mory" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mords" and "Mory" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Méry vs Mory". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #26,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list