Which to use
“morder” is a verb and “murder” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,503
- “morder” frequency rank
- #20,369
- “murder” frequency rank
- 31872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | morder | murder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cravar os dentes em | assassinato, assassínio |
Where the eye mixes morder and murder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: morder vs murder
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: morder is /muɾ.ˈdeɾ/ while murder is /ˈmɝdɚ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - o in “morder” becomes u in “murder”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
morder is recorded at frequency rank #11,503, classified as averb, pronounced /muɾ.ˈdeɾ/. murder is at rank #20,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɝdɚ/.
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 31872, this pair ranks #36,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of morder vs murder
Shared letters: demr. Private to "morder": o. Private to "murder": u.
"morder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "morder" for "murder" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "morder" or "murder" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "morder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "murder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "morder" and "murder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moer vs morder". 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 #36,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.