# Doris vs dots

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Doris
*name · IPA /ˈdɒɹɪs/ · frequency rank #13,326*
The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.

### dots
*noun · frequency rank #10,200*
Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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