mindervsmurderWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: minder is a adjective, murder is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“minder” is an adjective and “murder” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,933
“minder” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
58793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature minder murder
Definition mit einem vergleichsweise geringen oder schlechten Wert oder Rang Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: minder vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set minder and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
minder
6 ch
murder

Part-of-speech tell for minder / murder

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: minder 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 58793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

minder is recorded at frequency rank #11,933, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪndɐ]. 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 58793, this pair ranks #849,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of minder vs murder

Shared letters: demr. Private to "minder": in. Private to "murder": u.

"minder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • minderimnder · midner · mindder · minderr · mindre · minedr · minnder · mminder
  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "minder" and "murder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "minder" is an adjective and "murder" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "minder" or "murder"?
"minder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,933 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.

What to do next

Pair "minder" vs "murder" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "minder" 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 #849,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "minder" 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 #849,074 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