mirovsmurrConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#46,146
“miro” frequency rank
#27,856
“murr” frequency rank
74002
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miro murr
Definition die Baumwolle 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs murren

Letter map: miro vs murr

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

4 ch
miro
4 ch
murr

Role in the sentence - miro and murr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: miro is anoun and murraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miro is recorded at frequency rank #46,146, classified as anoun, 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 74002, this pair ranks #345,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of miro vs murr

Shared letters: mr. Private to "miro": io. Private to "murr": u.

"miro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "murr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miroimro · mior · mirro · mmiro · mrio
  • murrmmurr · mrur · umrr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miro" for "murr" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "miro" is a noun and "murr" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "miro" or "murr"?
"murr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,856 in our German list, against #46,146 for "miro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "miro" 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 #345,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miro" and "murr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miro 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 #345,091 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