AUXvsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#18,814
“AUX” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
68717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AUX mora
Definition Kürzel für einen zusätzlichen Eingang zur freien Verwendung (bei Geräten wie zum Beispiel Verstärkern) 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: AUX vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set AUX and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
AUX
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for AUX / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AUX is anabbrev and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AUX is recorded at frequency rank #18,814, classified as anabbrev, 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 68717, this pair ranks #499,109 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of AUX vs mora

Shared letters: a. Private to "AUX": ux. Private to "mora": mor.

"AUX" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "AUX" and "mora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AUX" is an abbrev and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "AUX" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
"AUX" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,814 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 "AUX" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "AUX" 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 #499,109 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AUX" 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 #499,109 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