Which to use
“mora” is an unknown and “near” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- #33,730
- “near” frequency rank
- 83633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mora | near |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ | nahe |
Letter map: mora vs near
Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and near apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora (CVCV) and near (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - mora and near
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and nearanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. near is at rank #33,730, tagged as anadj, 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 83633, this pair ranks #136,650 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mora vs near
Shared letters: ar. Private to "mora": mo. Private to "near": en.
"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "near" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mora" and "near" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "mora" or "near" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "mora" and "near". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "near" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,650 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mora" and "near" 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 #136,650 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.