murderer
mur·der·er/ˈmɝdɚɚ/noun
murderer is spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (mur·der·er). It appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, murderer means “A person who commits murder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of murderer is murderers.
How many letters and syllables are in murderer?
| Letters | 8: M-U-R-D-E-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: mur·der·er |
| In writing | 6.6 times per million words; the 9,313th 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; 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 murderer?
Murderer appears 6.6 times per million words in written English, the 9,313th 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 murderer?
- UK /ˈmɜːdəɹə/
- US /ˈmɝdɚɚ/
Murderer has 3 syllables, split mur·der·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-murderer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with murderer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as murderer (/ɜɹdəɹəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: demurrer.
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).
Forms of murderer
- murderers plural
- murtherer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does murderer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who commits murder.
Neither does a great nation […] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Murderer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who commits murder:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | meurtrier, meurtrière, assassin, assassine |
| German | Mörder, Mörderin |
| Portuguese | assassino, assassina, homicida |
| Spanish | asesino, asesina, victimario, victimaria, homicida |
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 murderer come from?
From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).