Which to use
“doors” and “Drops” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,293
- “doors” frequency rank
- #38,056
- “Drops” frequency rank
- 77349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doors | Drops |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs door | durch Einkochen einer Zuckerlösung hergestellter kleiner, flacher, rundlicher Bonbon ohne Füllung (der meist zu mehreren in einer Rolle verpackt wird) |
Where the eye mixes doors and Drops
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses doors with Drops
A purely visual mix-up. doors ([dɔːʳz]) and Drops ([dʁɔps]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77349, 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]. Drops is at rank #38,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced [dʁɔps].
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 77349, this pair ranks #262,793 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doors vs Drops
Shared letters: dors. Private to "doors": -. Private to "Drops": p.
"doors" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Drops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doors" for "Drops" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doors" vs "Drops" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "Drops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,793 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doors" and "Drops" 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 #262,793 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.