apelvsmoraConfusable pair

Quick tell: apel is a noun, mora is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apel” is a noun and “mora” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,710
“apel” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
98613
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apel mora
Definition Apfel als Frucht des Apfelbaums 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: apel vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set apel and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. apel (VCVC) and mora (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
apel
4 ch
mora

Grammar separator: apel vs mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apel is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 98613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apel is recorded at frequency rank #48,710, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mora is at rank #49,903, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

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 98613, this pair ranks #1,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apel vs mora

Shared letters: a. Private to "apel": elp. Private to "mora": mor.

"apel" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apel ← aepl · pael
  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apel" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apel" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "apel" or "mora" show up more?
"apel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #48,710 in our German list, against #49,903 for "mora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "apel" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apel" and "mora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mora vs puzzles". 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 #1,123 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list