Which to use
“mehr” is a pronoun and “Mohr” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #61
- “mehr” frequency rank
- #15,161
- “Mohr” frequency rank
- 15222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mehr | Mohr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | über viel hinausgehend; eine bestimmte Anzahl/Menge übersteigend | ursprünglich für einen dunkelhäutigen, in „Mauretania“ beheimateten Nordafrikaner, später für jeden Menschen mit dunkler Hautfarbe verwendet |
Where the eye mixes mehr and Mohr
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mehr is [meːɐ̯] while Mohr is [moːɐ̯]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “mehr” becomes o in “Mohr”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mehr is recorded at frequency rank #61, classified as apron, pronounced [meːɐ̯]. Mohr is at rank #15,161, tagged as anoun, pronounced [moːɐ̯].
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 15222, this pair ranks #1,945,486 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mehr vs Mohr
Shared letters: hmr. Private to "mehr": e. Private to "Mohr": o.
"mehr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Mohr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC