murren

[ˈmʊʁən]

/[ˈmʊʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“murren” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,465
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - protestierende Laute (auch Wörter) ausstoßen

Corpus desk

Index DE-murren · murren · German

murren · rank #45,465 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,465
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH museo

Nearest frequency peer: museo (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „murren“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „murren“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

murren vs müssen
50% similar
murren vs Museen
50% similar
murren vs Mützen
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for murren
PropertyValue
Headwordmurren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmʊʁən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,465
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „murren“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).murrenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „museo“ (#45,466), „mitgeführt“ (#45,461), „naheliegenden“ (#45,469). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „murren“ bei #45,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around murren (IPA [ˈmʊʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,465 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for murren, with forms such as "mmurren", "mruren", and "muren". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "müssen", "Museen", "Mützen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is murren, spelled M-U-R-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    protestierende Laute (auch Wörter) ausstoßen
  2. 2
    sich bedrohlich hören lassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how murren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als die Urlaubssperre verkündet wurde, murrte alles.
  2. Ein heraufziehendes Gewitter murrte im Südwesten.

Antonyms

jauchzen

This word in other languages

murmur(English)refunfuñar(Español)murmurer(Français)resmungar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmurren
  • mruren
  • muren
  • murern
  • murrenn
  • murrne
  • umrren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of murren - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmurren1mruren2muren1murern2murrenn1murrne2umrren2
Edit distance from "murren"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "murren"?
"murren" is spelled M-U-R-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʊʁən].
What does "murren" mean?
As a verb, "murren" means: protestierende Laute (auch Wörter) ausstoßen
What words are commonly confused with "murren"?
"murren" is commonly confused with "müssen", "Museen", "Mützen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "murren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "murren" is [ˈmʊʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "murren" come from?
"murren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "murren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Napalm#45,470Milena#45,458mildes#45,457medusa#45,451

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Nippes7 variantsmarti7 variantsLacke7 variantsKubas7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list