hocvsmoraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“hoc” and “mora” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,937
“hoc” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
67840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hoc mora
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum des Pronomens hic 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: hoc vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set hoc and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
hoc
4 ch
mora

Spelling & dictionary notes on hoc vs mora

hoc and mora are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hoc is recorded at frequency rank #17,937, classified as anunknown, 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 67840, this pair ranks #527,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hoc vs mora

Shared letters: o. Private to "hoc": ch. Private to "mora": amr.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hoc" and "mora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hoc" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
"hoc" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,937 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 "hoc" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hoc" 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 #527,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hoc" 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 #527,112 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