# myrrh

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɜːɹ/ · frequency rank #49,515

## Definitions
1. A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
2. Synonym of chrism.
3. The herb chervil.

## Etymology
From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.

## Easily confused with
- **myth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myrrh-vs-myth)
- **Marr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marr-vs-myrrh)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myra-vs-myrrh)
- **Myer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myer-vs-myrrh)
- **march** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/march-vs-myrrh)
- **marry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marry-vs-myrrh)
- **marsh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-myrrh)
- **merry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merry-vs-myrrh)
- **Myers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myers-vs-myrrh)
- **merch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merch-vs-myrrh)
- **morph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morph-vs-myrrh)
- **Myron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/myron-vs-myrrh)
- **mirth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mirth-vs-myrrh)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmyrrh`, `mryrh`, `myrh`, `myrhr`, `myrrhh`, `myyrrh`, `ymrrh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/myrrh