moravssiesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#40,209
“sies” frequency rank
90112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora sies
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ archaisch: 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

Letter map: mora vs sies

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and sies apart highlighted. No shared letter run. mora (CVCV) and sies (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
mora
4 ch
sies

Role in the sentence - mora and sies

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and siesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. sies is at rank #40,209, tagged as averb, 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 90112, this pair ranks #50,320 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs sies

Shared letters: none. Private to "mora": amor. Private to "sies": eis.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • sies ← seis · siess · sise · ssies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mora" and "sies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "sies" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mora" or "sies" show up more?
"sies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,209 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 "sies".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,320 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "sies" 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 #50,320 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