Which to use
“mora” is an unknown and “tung” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,903
- “mora” frequency rank
- #40,899
- “tung” frequency rank
- 90802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mora | tung |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ | von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer |
Letter map: mora vs tung
Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and tung apart highlighted. No shared letter run. mora (CVCV) and tung (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: mora vs tung
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and tunganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. tung is at rank #40,899, tagged as anadj, 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 90802, this pair ranks #43,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mora vs tung
Shared letters: none. Private to "mora": amor. Private to "tung": gntu.
"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mora" for "tung" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "mora" or "tung" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "mora" and "tung". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mora" and "tung" 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 #43,575 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.