foodvsmurderTell them apart

Which to use

“food” and “murder” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,045
“food” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
53905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature food murder
Definition jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: food vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set food and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. food runs 4 letters (CVVC) against murder's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
food
6 ch
murder

Spelling & dictionary notes on food vs murder

food and murder are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

food is recorded at frequency rank #7,045, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. murder is at rank #46,860, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 53905, this pair ranks #1,039,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of food vs murder

Shared letters: d. Private to "food": fo. Private to "murder": emru.

"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • foodffood · fod · fodo · foodd · ofod
  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "food" and "murder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "food" vs "murder" - which ranks higher?
"food" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,045 in our German list, against #46,860 for "murder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "food" and "murder".

  • Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,039,748 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "food" and "murder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "murder vs puzzles". 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 #1,039,748 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list