moravsrapsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#27,016
“raps” frequency rank
76919
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora raps
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rap

Letter map: mora vs raps

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and raps apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mora
4 ch
raps

Role in the sentence - mora and raps

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and rapsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. raps is at rank #27,016, 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 76919, this pair ranks #272,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs raps

Shared letters: ar. Private to "mora": mo. Private to "raps": ps.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • rapsarps · rapps · rapss · rasp · rpas · rraps

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mora" and "raps" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "raps" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "raps"?
"raps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,016 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

Pair "mora" vs "raps" 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 "raps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #272,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "raps" 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 #272,675 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