mündetvsmurderTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#17,659
“mündet” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
64519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mündet murder
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs münden Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: mündet vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set mündet and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mündet 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
mündet
6 ch
murder

Role in the sentence - mündet and murder

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mündet is averb and murderanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mündet is recorded at frequency rank #17,659, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmʏndət]. 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 64519, this pair ranks #638,658 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mündet vs murder

Shared letters: dem. Private to "mündet": ntü. Private to "murder": ru.

"mündet" · 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

Can "mündet" and "murder" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mündet" is a verb and "murder" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mündet" vs "murder" - which ranks higher?
"mündet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,659 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 "mündet" vs "murder" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mündet" 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 #638,658 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mündet" 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 #638,658 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