Which to use
“mora” is an unknown and “patches” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- #40,746
- “patches” frequency rank
- 90649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mora | patches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patch |
Letter map: mora vs patches
Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and patches apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora runs 4 letters (CVCV) against patches's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - mora and patches
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and patchesaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. patches is at rank #40,746, 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 90649, this pair ranks #44,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mora vs patches
Shared letters: a. Private to "mora": mor. Private to "patches": cehpst.
"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "patches" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mora" and "patches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mora" vs "patches" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "mora" vs "patches" 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 "patches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mora" and "patches" 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 #44,990 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.