eastvsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,842
“east” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
60745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature east mora
Definition Ost(en) (Himmelsrichtung) 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: east vs mora

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

4 ch
east
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for east / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: east is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

east is recorded at frequency rank #10,842, 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 60745, this pair ranks #775,550 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of east vs mora

Shared letters: a. Private to "east": est. Private to "mora": mor.

"east" · 4 letters · shape VVCC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eastaest · easst · eastt · eats · esat
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "east" and "mora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "east" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "east" or "mora"?
"east" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,842 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

Pair "east" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "east" 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 #775,550 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "east" 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 #775,550 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