organ donor
"organ-donor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“organ donor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-organ-donor · organ donor · English
organ donor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | organ donor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “organ donor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
organ donor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for organ donor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is organ donor, spelled O-R-G-A-N- -D-O-N-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person.
- 2A motorcyclist, especially one who does not wear a protective helmet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how organ donor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2006, Bill Lankhof, Head Case, Slam! Sports (Canada), 14 Jun. (retrieved 21 Aug. 2008), Wearing a motorcycle helmet is optional in Pennsylvania, but that's no reason for Ben Roethlisberger to go out and practise his organ donor technique.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.