moravswritingTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,903
“mora” frequency rank
#32,876
“writing” frequency rank
82779
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mora writing
Definition 1. Person Singular Aorist Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zur Verbform marr „nehmen“ Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs write

Letter map: mora vs writing

Shared letters muted; letters that set mora and writing apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
mora
7 ch
writing

Grammar separator: mora vs writing

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mora is anunknown and writingaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mora is recorded at frequency rank #49,903, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. writing is at rank #32,876, 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 82779, this pair ranks #151,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mora vs writing

Shared letters: r. Private to "mora": amo. Private to "writing": gintw.

"mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "writing" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra
  • writingrwiting · wirting · wriitng · writign · writingg · writinng · writnig · writting

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mora" and "writing" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mora" is an unknown and "writing" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mora" vs "writing" - which ranks higher?
"writing" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,876 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 "writing" 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 "writing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #151,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mora" and "writing" 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 #151,124 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