Which to use
“door” and “dor” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #869
- “door” frequency rank
- #37,895
- “dor” frequency rank
- 38764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | door | dor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key. | Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying. |
Where the eye mixes door and dor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: door vs dor
A purely visual mix-up. door (/do(ː)ɹ/) and dor (/ˈdɔː(ɹ)/) 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 38764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
door is recorded at frequency rank #869, classified as anoun, pronounced /do(ː)ɹ/. dor is at rank #37,895, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/.
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 38764, this pair ranks #282,985 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of door vs dor
Shared letters: dor. Private to "door": -. Private to "dor": -.
"door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dor" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- door ← ddoor · doorr · doro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "door" for "dor" ever safe?
Which is more common, "door" or "dor"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "door" and "dor" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "door" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,985 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "door" and "dor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dor vs dox". 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 #282,985 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.