# DNR

> English word · Phrase · frequency rank #38,813

## Definitions
1. Initialism of do not resuscitate, a legal document by which a patient may direct which medical procedures they do and do not wish to undergo in the case that they are incapacitated.

## Easily confused with
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-do)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dr)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-ds)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dq)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-due)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dog)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dry)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-don)
- **doc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-doc)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dvd)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-duo)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dot)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-dug)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dnr-vs-doe)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dnr