murr
[mɝ]noun, verb, adjective
murr is spelled M-U-R-R: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, murr means “A purr (produced by any animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of murr is murrs.
How many letters and syllables are in murr?
| Letters | 4: M-U-R-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is murr?
Murr appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th 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 murr?
- /mɜːɹ/
- UK [mɜː]
- US [mɝ]
Murr has one syllable (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-murr.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with murr
Sounds like: myrrh (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of murr
- murrs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- murring participle, present
- murred participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does murr mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialslangA purr (produced by any animal).
Raion let out a contented murr, […]
- 2
obsoleteA catarrh.
verb
- 1
colloquialslangTo purr.
adjective
- 1
slangHaving sexual appeal, sexy.
Nice picture. I love the details on everything, and the shading is wonderful. He's very murr.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does murr come from?
Imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).