# dob vs Dora

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dob
*verb · IPA /dɑb/ · frequency rank #44,170*
To report a person to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. (For transitive forms see dob in, dob on.)

### Dora
*name · IPA /ˈdoɹ.ə/ · frequency rank #16,893*
A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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