# murdering vs murmuring

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### murdering
*noun · frequency rank #10,892*
The act of committing murder.

### murmuring
*verb · frequency rank #38,984*
present participle and gerund of murmur

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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