closedvsmoraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#31,496
“closed” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
81399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature closed mora
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: closed vs mora

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

6 ch
closed
4 ch
mora

Grammar separator: closed vs mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: closed is averb and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

closed is recorded at frequency rank #31,496, classified as averb, 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 81399, this pair ranks #176,585 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of closed vs mora

Shared letters: o. Private to "closed": cdels. Private to "mora": amr.

"closed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • closedcclosed · cllosed · cloesd · closde · closedd · clossed · clsoed · colsed
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "closed" and "mora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "closed" is a verb and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "closed" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
"closed" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,496 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "closed" 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 #176,585 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "closed" 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 #176,585 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