morvsmoriWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mor is a noun, mori is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mor” is a noun and “mori” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,090
“mor” frequency rank
#35,337
“mori” frequency rank
72427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mor mori
Definition Mama, Mutter 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs muri

Letter map: mor vs mori

Shared letters muted; letters that set mor and mori apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mor runs 3 letters (CVC) against mori's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
mor
4 ch
mori

Grammar separator: mor vs mori

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mor is anoun and moriaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mor” sits inside “mori”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mor is recorded at frequency rank #37,090, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mori is at rank #35,337, tagged as averb, pronounced [morʲ].

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 72427, this pair ranks #388,650 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mor vs mori

Shared letters: mor. Private to "mor": -. Private to "mori": i.

"mor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "mori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mori ← mmori · moir · morri · mroi · omri

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mor" and "mori" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mor" is a noun and "mori" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mor" vs "mori" - which ranks higher?
"mori" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,337 in our German list, against #37,090 for "mor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mor" and "mori". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #388,650 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mor" and "mori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mor 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 #388,650 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