folvsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#34,656
“fol” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
84559
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fol mora
Definition 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv des Verbs flas ‚sprechen, reden‘ 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: fol vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set fol and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. fol runs 3 letters (CVC) against mora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
fol
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - fol and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fol is averb and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fol is recorded at frequency rank #34,656, classified as averb, 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 84559, this pair ranks #121,821 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fol vs mora

Shared letters: o. Private to "fol": fl. Private to "mora": amr.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fol" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fol" is a verb and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fol" or "mora" show up more?
"fol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,656 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 "fol" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fol" 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 #121,821 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fol" 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 #121,821 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