moravsSchwerteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#25,303
“Schwerte” frequency rank
75206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora Schwerte
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: mora vs Schwerte

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and Schwerte apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Schwerte's 8 (CCCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mora
8 ch
Schwerte

Grammar separator: mora vs Schwerte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and Schwerteaname. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. Schwerte is at rank #25,303, tagged as aname, 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 75206, this pair ranks #313,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs Schwerte

Shared letters: r. Private to "mora": amo. Private to "Schwerte": cehstw.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Schwerte" · 8 letters · shape CCCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • Schwerte ← cshwerte · scchwerte · schewrte · schhwerte · schweret · schwerrte · schwertte · schwetre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mora" for "Schwerte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "Schwerte" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "Schwerte" - which ranks higher?
"Schwerte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,303 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Schwerte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #313,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "Schwerte" 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 #313,771 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