mora
/ˈmɔːɹə/noun
mora is spelled M-O-R-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Mora, the name). As a noun, mora means “A delay in bringing a claim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mora is morae or moras.
How many letters and syllables are in mora?
| Letters | 4: M-O-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mora?
Mora appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Mora, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mora?
- /ˈmɔːɹə/
Mora has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mora.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mora
Also written: morra.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mora?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mora.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: omar, roma, roam, armo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mora
- morae plural
- moras plural
- morai plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A delay in bringing a claim.
- 2
A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
- 3
A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g., Japanese).
- 4
Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
- 5
The common mora (Mora moro).
- 6
An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
- 7
Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”).
- 8
IndiaAlternative form of morah (“stool”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mora in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mora come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).