# DNR vs don

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### DNR
*phrase · frequency rank #38,813*
Initialism of do not resuscitate, a legal document by which a patient may direct which medical procedures they do and do not wish to undergo in the case that they are incapacitated.

### don
*noun · IPA /dɒn/ · frequency rank #2,480*
A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-don