Which to use
“merry” is an adjective and “Murray” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,674
- “merry” frequency rank
- #9,200
- “Murray” frequency rank
- 33874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merry | Murray |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gai, joyeux. | Nom de famille écossais. |
Letter map: merry vs Murray
Shared letters muted; letters that set merry and Murray apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for merry / Murray
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: merry is anadjective and Murrayaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
merry is recorded at frequency rank #24,674, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈmɛɹ.i\. Murray is at rank #9,200, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 33874, this pair ranks #287,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of merry vs Murray
Shared letters: mry. Private to "merry": e. Private to "Murray": au.
"merry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Murray" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "merry" and "Murray" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "merry" or "Murray"?
Useful next steps
Pair "merry" vs "Murray" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "merry" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Murray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "merry" and "Murray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "merry vs Méry". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #287,702 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.