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Which to use

“mora” and “waters” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#36,115
“waters” frequency rank
86018
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora waters
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Plural des Substantives water

Letter map: mora vs waters

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

4 ch
mora
6 ch
waters

Pair insight - mora / waters

mora and waters are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. waters is at rank #36,115, tagged as anunknown, 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 86018, this pair ranks #99,804 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs waters

Shared letters: ar. Private to "mora": mo. Private to "waters": estw.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mora ← mmora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • waters ← awters · waetrs · waterrs · waterss · watesr · watres · watters · wtaers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mora" and "waters" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "waters" - which ranks higher?
"waters" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,115 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 "waters" 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 "waters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,804 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "waters" 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 #99,804 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