# Doherty vs Dougherty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Doherty
*name · frequency rank #22,060*
A surname from Irish.

### Dougherty
*name · frequency rank #36,113*
A surname from Irish.

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