countervsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#25,500
“counter” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
75403
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature counter mora
Definition Schalter 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: counter vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set counter and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
counter
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for counter / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: counter is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

counter is recorded at frequency rank #25,500, 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 75403, this pair ranks #308,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of counter vs mora

Shared letters: or. Private to "counter": centu. Private to "mora": am.

"counter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • counterccounter · conuter · counetr · counnter · counterr · countre · countter · coutner
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "counter" and "mora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "counter" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "counter" or "mora" show up more?
"counter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,500 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "counter" 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 #308,848 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "counter" 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 #308,848 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