centersvsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#25,943
“centers” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
75846
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature centers mora
Definition Plural des Substantivs center 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: centers vs mora

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

7 ch
centers
4 ch
mora

Grammar separator: centers vs mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: centers is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75846, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

centers is recorded at frequency rank #25,943, 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 75846, this pair ranks #297,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of centers vs mora

Shared letters: r. Private to "centers": censt. Private to "mora": amo.

"centers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • centersccenters · cenetrs · cennters · centerrs · centerss · centesr · centres · centters
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "centers" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "centers" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "centers" or "mora" show up more?
"centers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,943 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.

What to do next

You've compared "centers" and "mora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "centers" 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 #297,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "centers" 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 #297,996 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