moravsroleWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#35,998
“role” frequency rank
85901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora role
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ die Rolle

Letter map: mora vs role

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and role apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora and role follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
mora
4 ch
role

Role in the sentence - mora and role

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and roleanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. role is at rank #35,998, 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 85901, this pair ranks #101,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs role

Shared letters: or. Private to "mora": am. Private to "role": el.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "role" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • role ← orle · rloe · roel · rrole

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mora" and "role" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "role" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "role"?
"role" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,998 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 "role".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "role" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "role" 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 #101,425 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