Which to use
“mora” is an unknown and “mori” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- #35,337
- “mori” frequency rank
- 85240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mora | mori |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ | 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs muri |
Letter map: mora vs mori
Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and mori apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - mora and mori
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and moriaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “mora” becomes i in “mori”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, 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 85240, this pair ranks #111,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mora vs mori
Shared letters: mor. Private to "mora": a. Private to "mori": i.
"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mora" and "mori" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mora" or "mori"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mora" and "mori".
- Full dictionary entry for "mora" 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 #111,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mora" and "mori" 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 #111,218 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.