Which to use
“Lord's” is a name and “lords” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,632
- “Lord's” frequency rank
- #6,265
- “lords” frequency rank
- 18897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Lord's | lords |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lord's Cricket Ground, the most historic cricket ground in London and the home of cricket. | plural of lord |
Letter map: Lord's vs lords
Shared letters muted; letters that set Lord's and lords apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Lord's and lords follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - Lord's and lords
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lord's is aname and lordsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Lord's is recorded at frequency rank #12,632, classified as aname. lords is at rank #6,265, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɔːdz/.
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 18897, this pair ranks #441,865 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Lord's vs lords
Shared letters: dlors. Private to "Lord's": -. Private to "lords": -.
"Lord's" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "lords" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lords ← llords · lodrs · lordds · lordss · lorrds · lorsd · lrods · olrds
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Lord's" for "lords" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Lord's" vs "lords" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "Lord's" vs "lords" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Lord's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lords" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #441,865 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Lord's" and "lords" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lora vs lords". 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 #441,865 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.