MohrvsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,161
“Mohr” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
65064
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mohr mora
Definition ursprünglich für einen dunkelhäutigen, in „Mauretania“ beheimateten Nordafrikaner, später für jeden Menschen mit dunkler Hautfarbe verwendet 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: Mohr vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mohr and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Mohr (CVCC) and mora (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Mohr
4 ch
mora

Grammar separator: Mohr vs mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mohr 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 65064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mohr is recorded at frequency rank #15,161, classified as anoun, pronounced [moːɐ̯]. 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 65064, this pair ranks #619,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mohr vs mora

Shared letters: mor. Private to "Mohr": h. Private to "mora": a.

"Mohr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mohr ← mhor · mmohr · mohhr · mohrr · morh · omhr
  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mohr" and "mora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mohr" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Mohr" or "mora" show up more?
"Mohr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,161 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

Pair "Mohr" vs "mora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mohr" 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 #619,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mohr" 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 #619,744 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