mariovsmoriConfusable pair

Quick tell: mario is a noun, mori is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mario” is a noun and “mori” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
#35,337
“mori” frequency rank
38248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mario mori
Definition der Ehemann 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs muri

Letter map: mario vs mori

Shared letters muted; letters that set mario and mori apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
mario
4 ch
mori

Grammar separator: mario vs mori

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mario is anoun and moriaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mario is recorded at frequency rank #2,911, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mori is at rank #35,337, tagged as averb, pronounced [morʲ].

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 38248, this pair ranks #1,568,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mario vs mori

Shared letters: imor. Private to "mario": a. Private to "mori": -.

"mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "mori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio
  • morimmori · moir · morri · mroi · omri

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mario" for "mori" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mario" is a noun and "mori" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mario" vs "mori" - which ranks higher?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #35,337 for "mori". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "mario" and "mori". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,568,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mario" and "mori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mora vs mori". 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 #1,568,911 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