mora
/ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“mora” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,057 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,057
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - demora, dilação, delonga
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mora |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mora” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mora is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,057 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mora, with forms such as "mmora", "moar", and "morra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "muda", "moto", "muro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mora, spelled M-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1demora, dilação, delonga
- 2atraso em executar alguma ação que se tem obrigação
- 3unidade de duração de cada sílaba dentro de uma palavra em certos idiomas, como o japonês, cujas sílabas de uma palavra têm a mesma duração
- 4retardamento do credor ou do devedor no cumprimento de uma obrigação
- 5prorrogação de prazo de pagamento
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmora,moar,morra,mroa,omra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mora - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “muda” - see the side-by-side comparison. mora vs muda
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.