moravssamplesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#42,107
“samples” frequency rank
92010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora samples
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Plural des Substantivs sample

Letter map: mora vs samples

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and samples apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
mora
7 ch
samples

Part-of-speech tell for mora / samples

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and samplesanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. samples is at rank #42,107, 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 92010, this pair ranks #33,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs samples

Shared letters: am. Private to "mora": or. Private to "samples": elps.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "samples" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • samplesasmples · samlpes · sammples · sampels · sampless · samplles · samplse · sampples

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mora" and "samples" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "samples" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "samples" - which ranks higher?
"samples" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,107 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "samples" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "samples" 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 #33,171 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