Which to use
“door” and “dox” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #869
- “door” frequency rank
- #49,882
- “dox” frequency rank
- 50751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | door | dox |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | plural of doc |
Letter map: door vs dox
Shared letters muted; letters that set door and dox apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
door and dox are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50751, 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/. dox is at rank #49,882, tagged as anoun.
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 50751, this pair ranks #171,469 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of door vs dox
Shared letters: do. Private to "door": r. Private to "dox": x.
"door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dox" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- door ← ddoor · doorr · doro