Which to use
“food” is a noun and “mora” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- 56948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | mora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ |
Letter map: food vs mora
Shared letters muted; letters that set food and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - food and mora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: food is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,045, 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 56948, this pair ranks #920,475 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of food vs mora
Shared letters: o. Private to "food": df. Private to "mora": amr.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "food" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "food" or "mora" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "food" and "mora".
- Full dictionary entry for "food" 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 #920,475 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" 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 #920,475 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.