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“muller” and “murder” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,240
“muller” frequency rank
#49,814
“murder” frequency rank
83054
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature muller murder
Definition Mujer, esposa. Asesinato.

Where the eye mixes muller and murder

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. muller and murder follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
muller
6 ch
murder

Look-alike desk: muller vs murder

A purely visual mix-up. muller ([muˈʎe]) and murder (/ˈmɜː.də(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

muller is recorded at frequency rank #33,240, classified as anoun, pronounced [muˈʎe]. murder is at rank #49,814, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɜː.də(ɹ)/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 83054, this pair ranks #8,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of muller vs murder

Shared letters: emru. Private to "muller": l. Private to "murder": d.

"muller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muller ← mluler · mmuller · mulelr · muler · mullerr · mullre · umller
  • murder ← mmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "muller" and "murder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([muˈʎe] versus /ˈmɜː.də(ɹ)/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "muller" or "murder"?
"muller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,240 in our Spanish list, against #49,814 for "murder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "muller" and "murder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "muller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "muller" and "murder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muerden vs murder". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #8,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list