Which to use
“breath” is a noun and “mora” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,533
- “breath” frequency rank
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- 99436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breath | mora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atem | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ |
Letter map: breath vs mora
Shared letters muted; letters that set breath and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. breath runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against mora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for breath / mora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: breath is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 99436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breath is recorded at frequency rank #49,533, 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 99436, this pair ranks #234 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of breath vs mora
Shared letters: ar. Private to "breath": beht. Private to "mora": mo.
"breath" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "breath" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "breath" or "mora" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "breath" and "mora".
- Full dictionary entry for "breath" 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 #234 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breath" 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 #234 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.