müdenvsmurderConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,858
“müden” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
74718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature müden murder
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs müde Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: müden vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set müden and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. müden runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against murder's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
müden
6 ch
murder

Role in the sentence - müden and murder

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: müden is anadjective and murderanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

müden is recorded at frequency rank #27,858, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmyːdn̩]. 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 74718, this pair ranks #326,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of müden vs murder

Shared letters: dem. Private to "müden": nü. Private to "murder": ru.

"müden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murder ← mmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "müden" for "murder" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "müden" is an adjective and "murder" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "müden" or "murder"?
"müden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,858 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "müden" and "murder". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "müden" 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 #326,163 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "müden" 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 #326,163 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