muntervsmurderConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,331
“munter” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
57191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature munter murder
Definition fröhlich und aktiv Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: munter vs murder

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

6 ch
munter
6 ch
murder

Part-of-speech tell for munter / murder

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: munter is anadjective and murderanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

munter is recorded at frequency rank #10,331, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmʊntɐ]. 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 57191, this pair ranks #910,933 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of munter vs murder

Shared letters: emru. Private to "munter": nt. Private to "murder": d.

"munter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muntermmunter · mnuter · munetr · munnter · munterr · muntre · muntter · mutner
  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "munter" for "murder" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "munter" is an adjective and "murder" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "munter" vs "murder" - which ranks higher?
"munter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,331 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 "munter" and "murder". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "munter" 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 #910,933 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "munter" 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 #910,933 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