# odor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊdə/ · frequency rank #15,234

## Definitions
1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
2. A strong, pervasive quality.
3. Esteem.
4. Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

## Etymology
From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor.
Cognates
* Swedish odör (“bad smell”)

## Easily confused with
- **or** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-or)
- **oo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oo)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-our)
- **ooh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-ooh)
- **OOO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-ooo)
- **Orr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-orr)
- **ono** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-ono)
- **oof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oof)
- **OOP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oop)
- **oot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oot)
- **OOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-ooc)
- **oso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oso)
- **over** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-over)
- **Omar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-omar)
- **oooh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oooh)
- **omer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-omer)
- **Oxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-oxon)
- **order** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-order)
- **older** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-older)
- **odors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odor-vs-odors)

## Common misspellings (4)
`oddor`, `odorr`, `odro`, `oodr`

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