MoosvsmoraTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#15,162
“Moos” frequency rank
#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
65065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Moos mora
Definition wurzellose Sporenpflanze mit Generationswechsel, die in ihrem Aufbau simpel und kaum gegliedert ist 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“

Letter map: Moos vs mora

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

4 ch
Moos
4 ch
mora

Role in the sentence - Moos and mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Moos 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 65065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Moos is recorded at frequency rank #15,162, classified as anoun, pronounced [moːs]. 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 65065, this pair ranks #619,708 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Moos vs mora

Shared letters: mo. Private to "Moos": s. Private to "mora": ar.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Moosmmoos · mooss · moso · omos
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Moos" for "mora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Moos" is a noun and "mora" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Moos" or "mora"?
"Moos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,162 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 "Moos" and "mora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Moos" 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 #619,708 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Moos" 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 #619,708 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