morevsMoriWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: more is a determiner, Mori is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“more” is a determiner and “Mori” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49
“more” frequency rank
#24,833
“Mori” frequency rank
24882
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature more Mori
Definition comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) A surname from Japanese.

Letter map: more vs Mori

Shared letters muted; letters that set more and Mori apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
more
4 ch
Mori

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: more is adeterminer and Morianame. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “more” becomes i in “Mori”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

more is recorded at frequency rank #49, classified as adet, pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)/. Mori is at rank #24,833, tagged as aname.

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 24882, this pair ranks #398,616 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of more vs Mori

Shared letters: mor. Private to "more": e. Private to "Mori": i.

"more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Mori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moremmore · moer · morre · mroe · omre
  • Morimmori · moir · morri · mroi · omri

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "more" and "Mori" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "more" is a determiner and "Mori" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "more" or "Mori"?
"more" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #49 in our English list, against #24,833 for "Mori". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list