# murky vs Murphy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### murky
*adjective · IPA /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ki/ · frequency rank #24,838*
Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.

### Murphy
*name · IPA /ˈmɝfi/ · frequency rank #5,816*
A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha

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