múrice

[ˈmuɾise]

/[ˈmuɾise]/ noun

The verdict

“múrice” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Murex) Cualquiera de las especies de moluscos gasterópodos del género Murex, de la familia Muricidae. Son caracoles carnívoros marinos, propios de aguas tropicales. Carecen de nácar en el interior...

Corpus desk

Index ES-murice · múrice · Spanish

múrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for múrice
PropertyValue
Headwordmúrice
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmuɾise]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “múrice” en español

múriceno entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

múrice is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmuɾise]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for múrice in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is múrice, spelled M-Ú-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Murex) Cualquiera de las especies de moluscos gasterópodos del género Murex, de la familia Muricidae. Son caracoles carnívoros marinos, propios de aguas tropicales. Carecen de nácar en el interior de la concha, la cual dispone de un opérculo que le permite al animal cerrarla y resguardarse dentro.
  2. 2
    Tinte que se extraía del múrice, que era usada por los antiguos fenicios de la ciudad de Tiro.

Synonyms

púrpura de Tiropúrpura imperialpúrpura real

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "múrice"?
"múrice" is spelled M-Ú-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmuɾise].
What does "múrice" mean?
As a noun, "múrice" means: (Murex) Cualquiera de las especies de moluscos gasterópodos del género Murex, de la familia Muricidae. Son caracoles carnívoros marinos, propios de aguas tropicales. Carecen de nácar en el interior...
How do you pronounce "múrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "múrice" is [ˈmuɾise]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "múrice" come from?
"múrice" is a Spanish 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list