kuvsmoraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#17,061
“ku” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
66964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ku mora
Definition wo 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: ku vs mora

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

2 ch
ku
4 ch
mora

Grammar separator: ku vs mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ku is apronoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ku is recorded at frequency rank #17,061, classified as apron, 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 66964, this pair ranks #555,803 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ku vs mora

Shared letters: none. Private to "ku": ku. Private to "mora": amor.

"ku" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ku" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ku" is a pronoun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ku" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
"ku" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,061 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

Pair "ku" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ku" 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 #555,803 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ku" 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 #555,803 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