domvsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,972
“dom” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
54875
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dom mora
Definition Gebäude zum Wohnen; Haus, Heim 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: dom vs mora

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

3 ch
dom
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - dom and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dom is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dom is recorded at frequency rank #4,972, 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 54875, this pair ranks #1,001,570 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dom vs mora

Shared letters: mo. Private to "dom": d. Private to "mora": ar.

"dom" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dom" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dom" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "dom" or "mora" show up more?
"dom" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,972 in our German list, against #49,903 for "mora". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dom" 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 #1,001,570 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dom" 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 #1,001,570 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