murdervsmurrenWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
#45,465
“murren” frequency rank
92325
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature murder murren
Definition Mord, Ermordung protestierende Laute (auch Wörter) ausstoßen

Letter map: murder vs murren

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

6 ch
murder
6 ch
murren

Part-of-speech tell for murder / murren

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: murder is anoun and murrenaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

murder is recorded at frequency rank #46,860, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. murren is at rank #45,465, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmʊʁən].

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 92325, this pair ranks #30,685 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of murder vs murren

Shared letters: emru. Private to "murder": d. Private to "murren": n.

"murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder
  • murrenmmurren · mruren · muren · murern · murrenn · murrne · umrren

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "murder" and "murren" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "murder" is a noun and "murren" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "murder" vs "murren" - which ranks higher?
"murren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,465 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 "murder" vs "murren" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "murren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,685 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "murder" and "murren" 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 #30,685 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