# darn vs Dore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### darn
*adjective · IPA /dɑɹn/ · frequency rank #12,750*
Damn.

### Dore
*name · frequency rank #47,586*
A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darn-vs-dore