murre
/mɝ/noun
murre is spelled M-U-R-R-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, murre means “Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of murre is murres.
How many letters and syllables are in murre?
| Letters | 5: M-U-R-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 murre?
Murre appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 murre?
- UK /mɜː/
- US /mɝ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-murre.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with murre?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as murre from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹ/):
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 murre
- murres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does murre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Murre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | airo |
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 murre come from?
Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).