Which to use
“lord” is a noun and “Lord's” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #832
- “lord” frequency rank
- #12,632
- “Lord's” frequency rank
- 13464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lord | Lord's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor | Lord's Cricket Ground, the most historic cricket ground in London and the home of cricket. |
Letter map: lord vs Lord's
Shared letters muted; letters that set lord and Lord's apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. lord runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Lord's's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - lord and Lord's
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lord is anoun and Lord'saname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lord” sits inside “Lord's”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lord is recorded at frequency rank #832, classified as anoun, pronounced /lɔːd/. Lord's is at rank #12,632, tagged as aname.
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 13464, this pair ranks #475,638 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lord vs Lord's
Shared letters: dlor. Private to "lord": -. Private to "Lord's": s.
"lord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Lord's" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lord ← llord · lodr · lordd · lorrd · lrod · olrd
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "lord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lord's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,638 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lord" and "Lord's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lope vs lord". 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 #475,638 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.