mura
/ˈmu.ɹə/noun
mura is spelled M-U-R-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mura means “Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mura?
| Letters | 4: M-U-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mura?
Mura appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mura?
- /ˈmu.ɹə/
Mura has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with mura?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mura.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: maru, amur, arum.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does mura mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
Major classes of LCFPD defects encountered at the final inspection are often pixel defects or wide-area pixel defects (also known as Mura defects).
- 2
A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when inventory is required but not immediately available.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mura in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense luminance non-uniformity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mura come from?
From Japanese 斑 (mura, literally “blemish, fluctuation”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).