Which to use
“ke” is a verb and “mora” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,973
- “ke” frequency rank
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- 70876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ke | mora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zum Verb kam | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ |
Letter map: ke vs mora
Shared letters muted; letters that set ke and mora apart highlighted. No shared letter run. ke runs 2 letters (CV) against mora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ke / mora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ke is averb and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ke is recorded at frequency rank #20,973, 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 70876, this pair ranks #433,268 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ke vs mora
Shared letters: none. Private to "ke": ek. Private to "mora": amor.
"ke" · 2 letters · shape CV · "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ke" for "mora" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ke" or "mora"?
Useful next steps
Pair "ke" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ke" 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 #433,268 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ke" 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 #433,268 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.