murs

\myʁ\

/\myʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“murs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,288
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-murs · murs · French

murs · rank #2,288 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,288
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monnaie

Nearest frequency peer: monnaie (-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 « murs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « murs » 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).

murs vs mus
75% similar
murs vs muy
50% similar
murs vs muse
50% similar

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

Key facts for murs
PropertyValue
Headwordmurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\myʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,288
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « murs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mursse 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 « monnaie » (#2,287), « Nantes » (#2,289), « marcher » (#2,286). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « murs » est au #2,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around murs (IPA \myʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,288 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for murs, with forms such as "mmurs", "mrus", and "murrs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mus", "muy", "muse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is murs, spelled M-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quoi qu’on fasse et où qu’on aille, des murs s’élèvent autour de nous et par nos soins, abris d’abord, et bientôt prison.
  2. On gratta et lava les murs noircis de fumée autant pour les rendre beaux que pour les désimprégner de l’individu lui-même.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmurs
  • mrus
  • murrs
  • murss
  • musr
  • umrs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of murs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmurs1mrus2murrs1murss1musr2umrs2
Edit distance from "murs"

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 "murs"?
"murs" is spelled M-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \myʁ\.
What does "murs" mean?
As a noun, "murs" means: Pluriel de mur.
What words are commonly confused with "murs"?
"murs" is commonly confused with "mus", "muy", "muse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "murs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "murs" is \myʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "murs" come from?
"murs" 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 "murs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pote#2,294crée#2,272vélo#2,304bain#2,309

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

neige6 variantspluie6 variantsblog6 variantsfans6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list