Which to use
“doors” and “dorn” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,293
- “doors” frequency rank
- #12,693
- “dorn” frequency rank
- 51986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doors | dorn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs door | Hand |
Where the eye mixes doors and dorn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. doors runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against dorn's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses doors with dorn
A purely visual mix-up. doors ([dɔːʳz]) and dorn ([ˈdɔrn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51986, 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]. dorn is at rank #12,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdɔrn].
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 51986, this pair ranks #1,114,317 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doors vs dorn
Shared letters: dor. Private to "doors": s. Private to "dorn": n.
"doors" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "dorn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doors" for "dorn" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doors" vs "dorn" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dorn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,114,317 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doors" and "dorn" 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 #1,114,317 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.