Which to use
“donor” and “donors” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,026
- “donor” frequency rank
- #9,171
- “donors” frequency rank
- 17197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donor | donors |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One who makes a donation. | plural of donor |
Where the eye mixes donor and donors
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. donor runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against donors's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses donor with donors
A purely visual mix-up. donor (/ˈdoʊnɚ/) and donors (/ˈdoʊnɚz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “donor” sits inside “donors”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donor is recorded at frequency rank #8,026, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdoʊnɚ/. donors is at rank #9,171, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdoʊnɚz/.
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 17197, this pair ranks #453,002 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donor vs donors
Shared letters: dnor. Private to "donor": -. Private to "donors": s.
"donor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "donors" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donor" for "donors" ever safe?
Frequency check: "donor" vs "donors" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "donor" and "donors" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donors" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #453,002 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donor" and "donors" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donor vs dour". 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 #453,002 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.