moravsponsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#44,143
“pons” frequency rank
94046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora pons
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Brücke, Steg über einen Fluss, Morast oder Ähnliches

Letter map: mora vs pons

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and pons apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora (CVCV) and pons (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
mora
4 ch
pons

Role in the sentence - mora and pons

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and ponsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. pons is at rank #44,143, 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 94046, this pair ranks #19,007 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs pons

Shared letters: o. Private to "mora": amr. Private to "pons": nps.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "pons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • pons ← opns · pnos · ponns · ponss · posn · ppons

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mora" and "pons" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "pons" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "pons"?
"pons" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,143 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mora" and "pons".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,007 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "pons" 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 #19,007 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