GordonvsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#8,568
“Gordon” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
58471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gordon mora
Definition englischer männlicher Vorname 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: Gordon vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gordon and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
Gordon
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for Gordon / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gordon is aname and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gordon is recorded at frequency rank #8,568, classified as aname, 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 58471, this pair ranks #861,500 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gordon vs mora

Shared letters: or. Private to "Gordon": dgn. Private to "mora": am.

"Gordon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gordonggordon · godron · gorddon · gordno · gordonn · gorodn · gorrdon · grodon
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Gordon" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gordon" is a name and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Gordon" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
"Gordon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,568 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gordon" 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 #861,500 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gordon" 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 #861,500 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