Dr
"dr" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #570) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #570
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)
Corpus desk
Index EN-dr · Dr · English
Dr · rank #570 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #570
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH cut
Nearest frequency peer: cut (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Dr”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- board
board
99,434 corpus weight
- cost
cost
99,433 corpus weight
- cut
cut
99,432 corpus weight
- Dr
Dr
99,431 corpus weight
- field
field
99,430 corpus weight
- held
held
99,429 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Dr” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Dr”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Dr is neighbouring look-alikes ("DS", "DT", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #570 among 3,470 “D” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for Dr in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DS", "DT", "dw", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Dr, spelled D-R.
Definition
- 1Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)
- 2drive, used in street names
- 3debit
- 4debitor
- 5Abbreviation of drums (of a rock band)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The defenders, Drs Smith and Lowe, ought not to have detained the pursuer in their said asylum.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.