murdered

/ˈmɝ.dɚd/

//ˈmɝ.dɚd// verb

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"murdered" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“murdered” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,174
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of murder

Corpus desk

Index EN-murdered · murdered · English

murdered · rank #4,174 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,174
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mothers

Nearest frequency peer: mothers (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “murdered”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “murdered” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

murdered vs murderer
88% similar
murdered vs muttered
75% similar
murdered vs murder
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for murdered
PropertyValue
Headwordmurdered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈmɝ.dɚd/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,174
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “murdered”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).murderedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “mothers” (#4,173), “nursing” (#4,175), “manual” (#4,172). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “murdered” is #4,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around murdered (IPA /ˈmɝ.dɚd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,174 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of murder".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for murdered, with forms such as "mmurdered", "mrudered", and "mudrered". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "murderer", "muttered", "murder", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is murdered, spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of murder

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmurdered
  • mrudered
  • mudrered
  • murddered
  • murdeerd
  • murderde
  • murderedd
  • murderred
  • murdreed
  • muredred
  • murrdered
  • umrdered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of murdered - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmurdered1mrudered2mudrered2murddered1murdeerd2murderde2murderedd1murderred1
Edit distance from "murdered"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "murdered"?
"murdered" is spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɝ.dɚd/.
What does "murdered" mean?
As a verb, "murdered" means: simple past and past participle of murder
What words are commonly confused with "murdered"?
"murdered" is commonly confused with "murderer", "muttered", "murder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "murdered"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "murdered" is /ˈmɝ.dɚd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "murdered" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "murdered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

someone's12 variantssubmitted12 variantsfeedback12 variantscommunist12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list