manavsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#40,081
“mana” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
89984
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: mana vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set mana and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mana and mora follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
mana
4 ch
mora

Grammar separator: mana vs mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mana is apronoun and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mana is recorded at frequency rank #40,081, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈmana]. 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 89984, this pair ranks #51,589 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mana vs mora

Shared letters: am. Private to "mana": n. Private to "mora": or.

"mana" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mana ← amna · maan · manna · mmana · mnaa
  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mana" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mana" is a pronoun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mana" or "mora" show up more?
"mana" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,081 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 "mana" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mana" 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 #51,589 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mana" 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 #51,589 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