energyvsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,353
“energy” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
58256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature energy mora
Definition Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: energy vs mora

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

6 ch
energy
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - energy and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: energy is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, 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 58256, this pair ranks #869,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of energy vs mora

Shared letters: r. Private to "energy": egny. Private to "mora": amo.

"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • energyeenrgy · enegry · energgy · energyy · enerrgy · eneryg · ennergy · enregy
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "energy" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "energy" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "energy" or "mora"?
"energy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,353 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 "energy" and "mora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "energy" 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 #869,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "energy" 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 #869,840 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