moravssuisWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
92069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora suis
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“

Letter map: mora vs suis

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

4 ch
mora
4 ch
suis

Role in the sentence - mora and suis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and suisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. suis is at rank #42,166, 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 92069, this pair ranks #32,706 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs suis

Shared letters: none. Private to "mora": amor. Private to "suis": isu.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mora" and "suis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "suis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mora" or "suis"?
"suis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,166 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

Pair "mora" vs "suis" 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 "suis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,706 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "suis" 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 #32,706 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