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“muller” and “murder” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,911
- “muller” frequency rank
- #1,462
- “murder” frequency rank
- 21373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muller | murder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One who, or that which, mulls. | The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination. |
Where the eye mixes muller and murder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: muller vs murder
A purely visual mix-up. muller (/ˈmʌlə/) and murder (/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muller is recorded at frequency rank #19,911, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmʌlə/. murder is at rank #1,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/.
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 21373, this pair ranks #424,385 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of muller vs murder
Shared letters: emru. Private to "muller": l. Private to "murder": d.
"muller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muller" and "murder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "muller" or "murder"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "muller" and "murder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "muller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "murder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,385 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muller" and "murder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muffler vs muller". 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 #424,385 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.