Murillo
\my.ʁi.jo\
The verdict
“Murillo” is uncommon French (frequency #53,505 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,505
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille d'origine espagnole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-murillo · Murillo · French
Murillo · rank #53,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,505
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH multipliez
Nearest frequency peer: multipliez (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Murillo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- moves
moves
46,498 corpus weight
- multipliez
multipliez
46,497 corpus weight
- Murillo
Murillo
46,496 corpus weight
- mélomane
mélomane
46,495 corpus weight
- méprenez
méprenez
46,494 corpus weight
- mésange
mésange
46,493 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Murillo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Murillo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \my.ʁi.jo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Murillo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Murillo is uncommon French at frequency #53,505 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \my.ʁi.jo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Murillo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Murillo, spelled M-U-R-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d'origine espagnole.
- 2Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, peintre baroque espagnol du XVIIᵉ siècle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Murillo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Murillo, comme Raphaël, a trois manières, ce qui fait que toute espèce de tableau peut lui être attribuée et laisse une admirable latitude aux amateurs qui forment des galeries.
C’étaient des poissonnières ; l’aînée était superbe ; la petite, qui vendait du poisson d’eau douce, ressemblait à une vierge de Murillo, toute blonde, pieds et orteils nus au milieu de ses carpes et de ses anguilles.
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.
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