moravssavasTell them apart

Which to use

“mora” and “savas” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#43,459
“savas” frequency rank
93362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora savas
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Genitiv Singular des Pronomens sava „eigene“

Letter map: mora vs savas

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and savas apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora runs 4 letters (CVCV) against savas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mora
5 ch
savas

Corpus notes: mora and savas

mora and savas are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. savas is at rank #43,459, tagged as anunknown, 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 93362, this pair ranks #23,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs savas

Shared letters: a. Private to "mora": mor. Private to "savas": sv.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "savas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • savas ← asvas · saavs · savass · savsa · savvas · ssavas · svaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mora" and "savas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "savas" - which ranks higher?
"savas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,459 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 "savas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "savas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "savas" 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 #23,311 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