Which to use
“more” and “morgue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,852
- “more” frequency rank
- #22,946
- “morgue” frequency rank
- 29798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | more | morgue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores. | Contenance fière et orgueilleuse ; arrogance. |
Where the eye mixes more and morgue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses more with morgue
A purely visual mix-up. more (\mɔʁ\) and morgue (\mɔʁɡ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
more is recorded at frequency rank #6,852, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\. morgue is at rank #22,946, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁɡ\.
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 29798, this pair ranks #314,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of more vs morgue
Shared letters: emor. Private to "more": -. Private to "morgue": gu.
"more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "morgue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "more" and "morgue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "more" or "morgue" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "more" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morgue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "more" and "morgue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordue vs morgue". 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 #314,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.