# muir vs mum

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### muir
*noun · frequency rank #19,395*
A moor.

### mum
*noun · IPA /mʌm/ · frequency rank #3,573*
Mother.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muir-vs-mum