in the arms of Murphy
"in-the-arms-of-murphy" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“in the arms of Murphy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asleep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-in-the-arms-of-murphy · in the arms of Murphy · English
in the arms of Murphy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | in the arms of Murphy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “in the arms of Murphy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
in the arms of Murphy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Asleep.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for in the arms of Murphy, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Humorous corruption of in the arms of Morpheus. The correct English form is in the arms of Murphy, spelled I-N- -T-H-E- -A-R-M-S- -O-F- -M-U-R-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Asleep.
Etymology
Humorous corruption of in the arms of Morpheus.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.