MündervsmurderWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,697
“Münder” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
89557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Münder murder
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mund Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: Münder vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set Münder and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Münder and murder follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Münder
6 ch
murder

Pair insight - Münder / murder

Münder 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Münder is recorded at frequency rank #42,697, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʏndɐ]. 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 89557, this pair ranks #55,981 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Münder vs murder

Shared letters: demr. Private to "Münder": nü. Private to "murder": u.

"Münder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Münder" and "murder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Münder" vs "murder" - which ranks higher?
"Münder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,697 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 "Münder" vs "murder" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Münder" 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 #55,981 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Münder" 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 #55,981 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