murdervstoreTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
49274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature murder tore
Definition Mord, Ermordung Vulva

Letter map: murder vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set murder and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
murder
4 ch
tore

Spelling & dictionary notes on murder vs tore

murder and tore 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

murder is recorded at frequency rank #46,860, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tore is at rank #2,414, 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 49274, this pair ranks #1,217,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of murder vs tore

Shared letters: er. Private to "murder": dmu. Private to "tore": ot.

"murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "murder" and "tore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "murder" vs "tore" - which ranks higher?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "murder" and "tore".

  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,217,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "murder" and "tore" 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 #1,217,579 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