Which to use
“late” is an adjective and “mora” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,348
- “late” frequency rank
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- 64251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | late | mora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | spät | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ |
Letter map: late vs mora
Shared letters muted; letters that set late and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. late and mora follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - late and mora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: late is anadjective and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64251, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
late is recorded at frequency rank #14,348, classified as anadj, 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 64251, this pair ranks #648,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of late vs mora
Shared letters: a. Private to "late": elt. Private to "mora": mor.
"late" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "late" for "mora" ever safe?
Frequency check: "late" vs "mora" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "late" and "mora".
- Full dictionary entry for "late" 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 #648,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "late" 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 #648,217 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.