murmeln
\mʊʁml̩n\
The verdict
“murmeln” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Murmurer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-murmeln · murmeln · French
murmeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | murmeln |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mʊʁml̩n\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
murmeln is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mʊʁml̩n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Murmurer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for murmeln in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is murmeln, spelled M-U-R-M-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Murmurer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how murmeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eugen (...) entschuldigte sich für die späte Stunde ihrer Ankunft. (...) Hier gebe es keine frühe oder späte Stunde, murmelte Humboldt. Hier gebe es nur Arbeit, und die werde getan.
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.