murdering

noun

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"murdering" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“murdering” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,892
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of committing murder.

Corpus desk

Index EN-murdering · murdering · English

murdering · rank #10,892 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,892
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mouths

Nearest frequency peer: mouths (-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 “murdering”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “murdering” 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).

murdering vs muttering
78% similar
murdering vs murmuring
78% similar

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

Key facts for murdering
PropertyValue
Headwordmurdering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,892
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “murdering”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).murderinglands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “mouths” (#10,891), “nationality” (#10,893), “motto” (#10,890). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “murdering” is #10,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around murdering, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,892 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of committing murder.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for murdering, with forms such as "mmurdering", "mrudering", and "mudrering". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "muttering", "murmuring", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is murdering, spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of committing murder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how murdering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. the speedy perpetration of these licensed murderings

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmurdering
  • mrudering
  • mudrering
  • murddering
  • murdeirng
  • murderign
  • murderingg
  • murderinng
  • murdernig
  • murderring
  • murdreing
  • muredring
  • murrdering
  • umrdering

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of murdering - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmurdering1mrudering2mudrering2murddering1murdeirng2murderign2murderingg1murderinng1
Edit distance from "murdering"

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 "murdering"?
"murdering" is spelled M-U-R-D-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "murdering" mean?
As a noun, "murdering" means: The act of committing murder.
What words are commonly confused with "murdering"?
"murdering" is commonly confused with "muttering", "murmuring". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "murdering" come from?
"murdering" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

miniature#10,888integrate#10,873presently#10,911incapable#10,867

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Nottingham14 variantshydraulic14 variantshomosexual14 variantssunglasses14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list