Which to use
“mora” is an unknown and “paid” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- #44,122
- “paid” frequency rank
- 94025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mora | paid |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs pay |
Letter map: mora vs paid
Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and paid apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora (CVCV) and paid (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mora / paid
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and paidaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. paid is at rank #44,122, tagged as averb, 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 94025, this pair ranks #19,155 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mora vs paid
Shared letters: a. Private to "mora": mor. Private to "paid": dip.
"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "paid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mora" and "paid" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mora" vs "paid" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paid" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,155 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mora" and "paid" 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 #19,155 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.