mdrvsmurrWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mdr is a abbrev, murr is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mdr” is an abbrev and “murr” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,949
“mdr” frequency rank
#27,856
“murr” frequency rank
37805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mdr murr
Definition sehr lustig; lol 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs murren

Letter map: mdr vs murr

Shared letters muted; letters that set mdr and murr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
mdr
4 ch
murr

Role in the sentence - mdr and murr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mdr is anabbrev and murraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mdr is recorded at frequency rank #9,949, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. murr is at rank #27,856, tagged as averb, pronounced [mʊʁ].

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 37805, this pair ranks #1,580,620 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mdr vs murr

Shared letters: mr. Private to "mdr": d. Private to "murr": u.

"mdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "murr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murrmmurr · mrur · umrr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mdr" and "murr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mdr" is an abbrev and "murr" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mdr" or "murr" show up more?
"mdr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,949 in our German list, against #27,856 for "murr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mdr" and "murr". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mdr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "murr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,580,620 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mdr" and "murr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mora vs murr". 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 #1,580,620 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