moravsstandsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#42,843
“stands” frequency rank
92746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: mora vs stands

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and stands apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora runs 4 letters (CVCV) against stands's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mora
6 ch
stands

Grammar separator: mora vs stands

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and standsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. stands is at rank #42,843, 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 92746, this pair ranks #27,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs stands

Shared letters: a. Private to "mora": mor. Private to "stands": dnst.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "stands" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • stands ← satnds · sstands · stadns · standds · standss · stannds · stansd · stnads

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mora" and "stands" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "stands" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "stands"?
"stands" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,843 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

Pair "mora" vs "stands" 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 "stands" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "stands" 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 #27,563 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