Which to use
“milder” is an adjective and “murder” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,670
- “milder” frequency rank
- #46,860
- “murder” frequency rank
- 72530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | milder | murder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild | Mord, Ermordung |
Letter map: milder vs murder
Shared letters muted; letters that set milder and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for milder / murder
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: milder is anadjective and murderanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
milder is recorded at frequency rank #25,670, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldɐ]. 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 72530, this pair ranks #385,802 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of milder vs murder
Shared letters: demr. Private to "milder": il. Private to "murder": u.
"milder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "milder" 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 #385,802 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "milder" 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 #385,802 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.