moinvsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,599
“moin” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
58502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moin mora
Definition norddeutscher Gruß 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: moin vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set moin and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
moin
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for moin / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moin is anintj and moraanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moin is recorded at frequency rank #8,599, classified as anintj, pronounced [mɔɪ̯n]. 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 58502, this pair ranks #860,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moin vs mora

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moin": in. Private to "mora": ar.

"moin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moinmion · mmoin · moinn · moni · omin
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moin" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moin" is an intj and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "moin" or "mora"?
"moin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,599 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moin" 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 #860,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moin" 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 #860,281 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