hitsvsmoraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#7,337
“hits” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
57240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hits mora
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: hits vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set hits and mora apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
hits
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - hits and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hits is averb and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hits is recorded at frequency rank #7,337, 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 57240, this pair ranks #909,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hits vs mora

Shared letters: none. Private to "hits": hist. Private to "mora": amor.

"hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hitshhits · hist · hitss · hitts · ihts
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hits" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hits" is a verb and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hits" or "mora"?
"hits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,337 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hits" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hits" 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 #909,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hits" 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 #909,032 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