murder

\ˈmɝ.dɚ\

/\ˈmɝ.dɚ\/ noun

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The verdict

“murder” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,357
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meurtre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-murder · murder · French

murder · rank #33,357 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,357
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mutilés

Nearest frequency peer: mutilés (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « murder »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « murder » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

murder vs mûre
50% similar
murder vs muret
67% similar
murder vs mûres
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for murder
PropertyValue
Headwordmurder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈmɝ.dɚ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,357
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « murder »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).murderse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mutilés » (#33,358), « mousser » (#33,355), « mécano » (#33,359). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « murder » est au #33,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around murder (IPA \ˈmɝ.dɚ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,357 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for murder, with forms such as "mmurder", "mruder", and "mudrer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "mûre", "muret", "mûres", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is murder, spelled M-U-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meurtre.
  2. 2
    Groupe de corneilles ou de corbeaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how murder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
  2. For his part, Melchior was growing unhappy with the murder of crows.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmurder
  • mruder
  • mudrer
  • murdder
  • murderr
  • murdre
  • muredr
  • murrder
  • umrder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of murder - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmurder1mruder2mudrer2murdder1murderr1murdre2muredr2murrder1
Edit distance from "murder"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "murder"?
"murder" is spelled M-U-R-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈmɝ.dɚ\.
What does "murder" mean?
As a noun, "murder" means: Meurtre.
What words are commonly confused with "murder"?
"murder" is commonly confused with "mûre", "muret", "mûres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "murder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "murder" is \ˈmɝ.dɚ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "murder" come from?
"murder" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "murder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mécano#33,359Médard#33,360naitre#33,365navets#33,368

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

necker9 variantsninjas9 variantsLuciano9 variantslilloise9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list