morrervsmurderWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: morrer is a verb, murder is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“morrer” is a verb and “murder” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#743
“morrer” frequency rank
#20,369
“murder” frequency rank
21112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature morrer murder
Definition perder a vida; falecer assassinato, assassínio

Letter map: morrer vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set morrer and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
morrer
6 ch
murder

Grammar separator: morrer vs murder

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: morrer is averb and murderanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

morrer is recorded at frequency rank #743, classified as averb. 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 21112, this pair ranks #49,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of morrer vs murder

Shared letters: emr. Private to "morrer": o. Private to "murder": du.

"morrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morrermmorrer · morer · morerr · morrerr · morrre · mrorer · omrrer
  • murdermmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "morrer" for "murder" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "morrer" is a verb and "murder" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "morrer" vs "murder" - which ranks higher?
"morrer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #743 in our Portuguese list, against #20,369 for "murder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "morrer" and "murder".

  • Full dictionary entry for "morrer" 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 #49,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "morrer" and "murder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moer vs morrer". 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 #49,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list