meavsmoraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#36,498
“mea” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
86401
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mea mora
Definition Possessivpronomen der 1. Person Singular ‚mein‘, ‚meine‘ 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: mea vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set mea and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mea runs 3 letters (CVV) against mora's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
mea
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - mea and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mea is apronoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mea is recorded at frequency rank #36,498, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈmea]. 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 86401, this pair ranks #94,267 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mea vs mora

Shared letters: am. Private to "mea": e. Private to "mora": or.

"mea" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mea" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mea" is a pronoun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mea" or "mora" show up more?
"mea" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,498 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "mea" and "mora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mea" 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 #94,267 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mea" 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 #94,267 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