moravsvikingConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#39,704
“viking” frequency rank
89607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora viking
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ während der Wikingerzeit (ca 790-1100 n. Chr.) reisende, erforschende und erobernde/plündernde Seefahrer aus dem Norden Europas

Letter map: mora vs viking

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and viking apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
mora
6 ch
viking

Role in the sentence - mora and viking

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and vikinganoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. viking is at rank #39,704, 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 89607, this pair ranks #55,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs viking

Shared letters: none. Private to "mora": amor. Private to "viking": giknv.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "viking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • vikingivking · viikng · vikign · vikingg · vikinng · vikking · viknig · vkiing

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mora" for "viking" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "viking" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "viking" - which ranks higher?
"viking" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,704 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "mora" vs "viking" 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 "viking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "viking" 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 #55,462 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