murdervssinglesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
50633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature murder singles
Definition Mord, Ermordung 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: murder vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set murder and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
murder
7 ch
singles

Part-of-speech tell for murder / singles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: murder is anoun and singlesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

murder is recorded at frequency rank #46,860, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. singles is at rank #3,773, tagged as averb, 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 50633, this pair ranks #1,166,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of murder vs singles

Shared letters: e. Private to "murder": dmru. Private to "singles": gilns.

"murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "murder" and "singles" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "murder" is a noun and "singles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "murder" or "singles"?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #46,860 for "murder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "murder" vs "singles" 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 "singles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,166,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "murder" and "singles" 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 #1,166,342 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