checksvsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#35,692
“checks” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
85595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: checks vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set checks and mora apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
checks
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for checks / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: checks is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

checks is recorded at frequency rank #35,692, 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 85595, this pair ranks #106,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of checks vs mora

Shared letters: none. Private to "checks": cehks. Private to "mora": amor.

"checks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • checkscchecks · cehcks · chceks · checcks · checkks · checkss · checsk · chekcs
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "checks" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "checks" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "checks" or "mora"?
"checks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,692 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "checks" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "checks" 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 #106,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "checks" 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 #106,001 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