IlmvsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#34,185
“Ilm” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
84088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ilm mora
Definition ein Fluss in Deutschland, Nebenfluss der Saale 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: Ilm vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ilm and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Ilm runs 3 letters (VCC) against mora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
Ilm
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - Ilm and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ilm is aname and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ilm is recorded at frequency rank #34,185, 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 84088, this pair ranks #129,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Ilm vs mora

Shared letters: m. Private to "Ilm": il. Private to "mora": aor.

"Ilm" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Ilm" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ilm" is a name and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Ilm" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
"Ilm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,185 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 "Ilm" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ilm" 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 #129,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ilm" 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 #129,325 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