marivsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#29,234
“mari” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
79137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mari mora
Definition Ehemann, Gatte, Gemahl, Gespons 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: mari vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set mari and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mari 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
mari
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for mari / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mari is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mari is recorded at frequency rank #29,234, classified as anoun, pronounced [ma.ʁi]. 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 79137, this pair ranks #223,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mari vs mora

Shared letters: amr. Private to "mari": i. Private to "mora": o.

"mari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mari ← amri · mair · marri · mmari · mrai
  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mari" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mari" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mari" or "mora" show up more?
"mari" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,234 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mari" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mari" 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 #223,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mari" 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 #223,049 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