morvsmurrWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,090
“mor” frequency rank
#27,856
“murr” frequency rank
64946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mor murr
Definition Mama, Mutter 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs murren

Letter map: mor vs murr

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

3 ch
mor
4 ch
murr

Grammar separator: mor vs murr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mor is anoun and murraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mor is recorded at frequency rank #37,090, 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 64946, this pair ranks #623,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mor vs murr

Shared letters: mr. Private to "mor": o. Private to "murr": u.

"mor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "murr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murrmmurr · mrur · umrr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mor" and "murr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mor" is a noun and "murr" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mor" or "murr" show up more?
"murr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,856 in our German list, against #37,090 for "mor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mor" 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 #623,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mor" and "murr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mor 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 #623,827 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