Which to use
“organic” is an adjective and “organs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,642
- “organic” frequency rank
- #7,162
- “organs” frequency rank
- 10804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | organic | organs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. | plural of organ |
Where the eye mixes organic and organs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. organic runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against organs's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: organic vs organs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: organic is /ɔːˈɡænɪk/ while organs is /ˈɔː.ɡənz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
organic is recorded at frequency rank #3,642, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɔːˈɡænɪk/. 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 10804, this pair ranks #490,440 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of organic vs organs
Shared letters: agnor. Private to "organic": ci. Private to "organs": s.
"organic" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "organs" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "organic" for "organs" ever safe?
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "organic" 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 #490,440 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "organic" 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 #490,440 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.