moravspasteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
73968
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora paste
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Paste

Letter map: mora vs paste

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and paste apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora runs 4 letters (CVCV) against paste's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mora
5 ch
paste

Grammar separator: mora vs paste

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and pasteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. paste is at rank #24,065, 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 73968, this pair ranks #346,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs paste

Shared letters: a. Private to "mora": mor. Private to "paste": epst.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • paste ← apste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mora" for "paste" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "paste" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "paste"?
"paste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,065 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 "paste" 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 "paste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #346,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "paste" 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 #346,067 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