lilyvsmoraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#19,638
“lily” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
69541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lily mora
Definition die Lilie 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set lily and mora apart are highlighted. They share no common letter run, the confusion here is by sound, not by sight.

4 ch
lily
4 ch
mora

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lily is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lily is recorded at frequency rank #19,638, classified as anoun, 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 69541, this pair ranks #473,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lily vs mora

Shared letters: none. Private to "lily": ily. Private to "mora": amor.

"lily" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lilyilly · lilly · lilyy · liyl · llily · lliy
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequency comparison

lily#19,638
mora#49,903

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lily" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lily" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "lily" or "mora"?
"lily" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,638 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.

Remembering lily vs mora

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “lily”; for an unknown, it's “mora”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “lily” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list