MoorevsmoraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,349
“Moore” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
62252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Moore mora
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Moor 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: Moore vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set Moore and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Moore
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - Moore and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Moore is anoun and moraanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Moore is recorded at frequency rank #12,349, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoːʁə]. 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 62252, this pair ranks #719,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Moore vs mora

Shared letters: mor. Private to "Moore": e. Private to "mora": a.

"Moore" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mooremmoore · mooer · moorre · more · moroe · omore
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Moore" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Moore" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Moore" or "mora" show up more?
"Moore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,349 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Moore" 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 #719,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Moore" 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 #719,785 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