moravsoasisWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#40,733
“oasis” frequency rank
90636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora oasis
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ fruchtbarer Ort, der von unfruchtbarem Land umgeben ist

Letter map: mora vs oasis

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and oasis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mora runs 4 letters (CVCV) against oasis's 5 (VVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mora
5 ch
oasis

Role in the sentence - mora and oasis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and oasisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. oasis is at rank #40,733, tagged as anoun, 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 90636, this pair ranks #45,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs oasis

Shared letters: ao. Private to "mora": mr. Private to "oasis": is.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "oasis" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • oasis ← aosis · oaiss · oasiss · oassi · oassis · osais

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mora" and "oasis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "oasis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "oasis"?
"oasis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,733 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

Pair "mora" vs "oasis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "oasis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "oasis" 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 #45,113 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