moravssetConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#3,995
“set” frequency rank
53898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora set
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Kardinalzahl zwischen sechs und acht

Letter map: mora vs set

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and set apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
mora
3 ch
set

Role in the sentence - mora and set

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and setanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. set is at rank #3,995, tagged as anum, 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 53898, this pair ranks #1,040,014 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs set

Shared letters: none. Private to "mora": amor. Private to "set": est.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "set" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mora" for "set" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "set" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "set" - which ranks higher?
"set" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,995 in our German list, against #49,903 for "mora". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "mora" vs "set" 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 "set" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,040,014 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "set" 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 #1,040,014 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