Which to use
“organ” and “organs” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,719
- “organ” frequency rank
- #7,162
- “organs” frequency rank
- 12881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organ | organs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. | plural of organ |
Where the eye mixes organ and organs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. organ runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against organs's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses organ with organs
A purely visual mix-up. organ (/ˈɔːɡən/) and organs (/ˈɔː.ɡənz/) 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) - “organ” sits inside “organs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organ is recorded at frequency rank #5,719, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔːɡən/. organs is at rank #7,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔː.ɡənz/.
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 12881, this pair ranks #479,017 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organ vs organs
Shared letters: agnor. Private to "organ": -. Private to "organs": s.
"organ" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "organs" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "organ" and "organs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "organ" vs "organs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "organ" and "organs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "organ" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #479,017 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organ" and "organs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Oran vs organs". 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 #479,017 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.