MordevsmurderTell them apart

Which to use

“Morde” and “murder” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,419
“Morde” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
56279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Morde murder
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mord Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: Morde vs murder

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

5 ch
Morde
6 ch
murder

Spelling & dictionary notes on Morde vs murder

Morde and murder are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Morde is recorded at frequency rank #9,419, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɔʁdə]. 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 56279, this pair ranks #946,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Morde vs murder

Shared letters: demr. Private to "Morde": o. Private to "murder": u.

"Morde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mordemmorde · modre · mordde · mored · morrde · mrode · omrde
  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Morde" for "murder" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Morde" vs "murder" - which ranks higher?
"Morde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,419 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Morde" 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 #946,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Morde" 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 #946,443 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