formulavsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#38,745
“formula” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
88648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature formula mora
Definition die Formel 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: formula vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set formula and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch
formula
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for formula / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: formula is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

formula is recorded at frequency rank #38,745, 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 88648, this pair ranks #66,071 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of formula vs mora

Shared letters: amor. Private to "formula": flu. Private to "mora": -.

"formula" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • formulafformula · fomrula · formlua · formmula · formual · formulla · forrmula · forumla
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "formula" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "formula" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "formula" or "mora"?
"formula" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,745 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

You've compared "formula" and "mora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "formula" 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 #66,071 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "formula" 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 #66,071 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