murmure

\myʁ.myʁ\

/\myʁ.myʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“murmure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,003. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,003
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bruit de voix sourd et confus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-murmure · murmure · French

murmure · rank #18,003 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,003
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mord

Nearest frequency peer: Mord (-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 « murmure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « murmure » 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).

murmure vs murmurer
88% similar
murmure vs Mercure
57% similar
murmure vs morsure
71% similar

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

Key facts for murmure
PropertyValue
Headwordmurmure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\myʁ.myʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,003
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « murmure »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Mord » (#18,002), « méfaits » (#18,004), « montrera » (#18,001). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « murmure » est au #18,003. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around murmure (IPA \myʁ.myʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,003 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Bruit de voix sourd et confus.
  2. 2
    Bruit et les plaintes que font des personnes mécontentes.
  3. 3
    Plainte sourde d’une seule personne.
  4. 4
    Parole dite à voix très basse.
  5. 5
    Mouvement secret de l’âme.
  6. 6
    Bruissement léger que font les eaux en coulant, ou le vent quand il agite doucement les feuilles des arbres, etc.
  7. 7
    Bruit léger que l’on entend en auscultant, lorsque les poumons sont sains.
  8. 8
    Regroupement important d’oiseaux en vol, nuage d’oiseaux, en particulier des étourneaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et je n’entendis plus qu’un murmure confus, semblable au murmure de la marée montante, ou au rugissement sauvage qui s’élève dans le bestiaire quand on vient d’ouvrir l’arène.
  2. Le sang coule à flots. Le gémissement des blessés, le murmure étouffé de ceux qui s’efforcent de se dégager de cette mêlée de mort et de mourants, navrent le cœur du soldat, auteur innocent de ce massacre.

Synonyms

rumeur

This word in other languages

murmur(English)murmullo(Español)Gemurmel(Deutsch)

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.

mmurmure1mrumure2mumrure2murmmure1murmrue2murmuer2murmurre1murrmure1
Edit distance from "murmure"

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 "murmure"?
"murmure" is spelled M-U-R-M-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \myʁ.myʁ\.
What does "murmure" mean?
As a noun, "murmure" means: Bruit de voix sourd et confus.
What words are commonly confused with "murmure"?
"murmure" is commonly confused with "murmurer", "Mercure", "morsure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "murmure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "murmure" is \myʁ.myʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "murmure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

méfaits#18,004nullité#18,009Mahmoud#17,994onzième#18,012

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Philips10 variantspoutres10 variantshermès10 variantsreprenne10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list