eenvsmoraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#33,012
“een” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
82915
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature een mora
Definition eins; einer; ein einziger 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set een and mora apart are highlighted. They share no common letter run, the confusion here is by sound, not by sight.

3 ch
een
4 ch
mora

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: een is anum and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

een is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anum, 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 82915, this pair ranks #148,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of een vs mora

Shared letters: none. Private to "een": en. Private to "mora": amor.

"een" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequency comparison

een#33,012
mora#49,903

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "een" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "een" is a num and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "een" or "mora"?
"een" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,012 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.

Remembering een vs mora

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a num, it's “een”; for an unknown, it's “mora”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “een” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list