Which to use
“doctors” and “doors” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,728
- “doctors” frequency rank
- #2,786
- “doors” frequency rank
- 5514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doctors | doors |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of doctor | plural of door |
Where the eye mixes doctors and doors
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. doctors (/ˈdɑktɚz/) and doors (/dɔːz/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doctors is recorded at frequency rank #2,728, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɑktɚz/. doors is at rank #2,786, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɔːz/.
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 5514, this pair ranks #515,037 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doctors vs doors
Shared letters: dors. Private to "doctors": ct. Private to "doors": -.
"doctors" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "doors" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC