# organ

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɔːɡən/ · frequency rank #5,719

## Definitions
1. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
2. A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
3. A device, apparatus.
4. A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
5. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
6. Ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
7. A government organization; agency; authority.
8. The penis.
9. An Asian form of mitrailleuse.

## Etymology
From Middle English organe, from Old French organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Doublet of organon, organum, and orgue.

## Easily confused with
- **orgy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orgy)
- **Orion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orion)
- **Orton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orton)
- **Orson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orson)
- **Osman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-osman)
- **Orrin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orrin)
- **origin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-origin)
- **organs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-organs)
- **orgasm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orgasm)
- **orphan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-orphan)
- **Origen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-origen)
- **organic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/organ-vs-organic)
- **org** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/org-vs-organ)
- **ora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ora-vs-organ)
- **oral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oral-vs-organ)
- **Oman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oman-vs-organ)
- **Olga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-organ)
- **orca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/orca-vs-organ)
- **Oren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oren-vs-organ)
- **Oran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oran-vs-organ)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ogran`, `oragn`, `organn`, `orggan`, `orgna`, `orrgan`

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