murmure
\myʁ.myʁ\
The verdict
“murmure” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,003 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,003
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit de voix sourd et confus.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | murmure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \myʁ.myʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “murmure” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for murmure is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \myʁ.myʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,003 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for murmure, with forms such as "mmurmure", "mrumure", and "mumrure". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "murmurer", "Mercure", "morsure", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is murmure, spelled M-U-R-M-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bruit de voix sourd et confus.
- 2Bruit et les plaintes que font des personnes mécontentes.
- 3Plainte sourde d’une seule personne.
- 4Parole dite à voix très basse.
- 5Mouvement secret de l’âme.
- 6Bruissement léger que font les eaux en coulant, ou le vent quand il agite doucement les feuilles des arbres, etc.
- 7Bruit léger que l’on entend en auscultant, lorsque les poumons sont sains.
- 8Regroupement important d’oiseaux en vol, nuage d’oiseaux, en particulier des étourneaux.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmurmure,mrumure,mumrure,murmmure,murmrue,murmuer,murmurre,murrmure,murumre,umrmure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of murmure - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “murmure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-U-R-M-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \myʁ.myʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “murmurer” - see the side-by-side comparison. murmure vs murmurer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.