Which to use
“dors” is a verb and “dr” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,748
- “dors” frequency rank
- #1,995
- “dr” frequency rank
- 7743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dors | dr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dormir. | Symbole du drachme (dram), unité de mesure de masse ou de volume anglo-saxonne. |
Letter map: dors vs dr
Shared letters muted; letters that set dors and dr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for dors / dr
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dors is averb and drasymbol. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dors is recorded at frequency rank #5,748, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔʁ\. dr is at rank #1,995, tagged as asymbol.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 7743, this pair ranks #422,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dors vs dr
Shared letters: dr. Private to "dors": os. Private to "dr": -.
"dors" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dr" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dors ← ddors · dorrs · dorss · dosr · dros · odrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dors" for "dr" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dors" or "dr" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "dors" vs "dr" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "dors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dors" and "dr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs dors". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #422,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.