doorsvsdorTell them apart

Quick tell: doors is a noun, dor is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“doors” is a noun and “dor” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,293
“doors” frequency rank
#35,140
“dor” frequency rank
74433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doors dor
Definition Plural des Substantivs door 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dare

Letter map: doors vs dor

Shared letters muted; letters that set doors and dor apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. doors runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against dor's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
doors
3 ch
dor

Role in the sentence - doors and dor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doors is anoun and doraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doors is recorded at frequency rank #39,293, classified as anoun, pronounced [dɔːʳz]. dor is at rank #35,140, 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 74433, this pair ranks #333,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of doors vs dor

Shared letters: dor. Private to "doors": s. Private to "dor": -.

"doors" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "dor" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doors ← ddoors · doorrs · doorss · doosr · doros · dors · odors

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "doors" and "dor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doors" is a noun and "dor" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "doors" or "dor"?
"dor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,140 in our German list, against #39,293 for "doors". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "doors" vs "dor" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "doors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #333,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doors" and "dor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Docks vs doors". 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 #333,624 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