moravstabsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#31,815
“tabs” frequency rank
81718
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora tabs
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tab

Letter map: mora vs tabs

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and tabs apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mora (CVCV) and tabs (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
mora
4 ch
tabs

Part-of-speech tell for mora / tabs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and tabsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. tabs is at rank #31,815, 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 81718, this pair ranks #170,479 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs tabs

Shared letters: a. Private to "mora": mor. Private to "tabs": bst.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tabs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • tabs ← atbs · tabbs · tabss · tasb · tbas · ttabs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mora" for "tabs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "tabs" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "tabs" - which ranks higher?
"tabs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,815 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 "tabs".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tabs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #170,479 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "tabs" 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 #170,479 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