# Dawes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dɔːz/ · frequency rank #28,506

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From Dawe (“diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

## Easily confused with
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-des)
- **does** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-does)
- **days** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-days)
- **dies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dies)
- **dawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dawn)
- **dues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dues)
- **dawg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dawg)
- **dyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dyes)
- **daze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-daze)
- **draws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-draws)
- **dudes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dudes)
- **downs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-downs)
- **Dewey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dewey)
- **dives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dives)
- **dazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dazed)
- **doves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-doves)
- **dimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dimes)
- **dykes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dykes)
- **dikes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-dikes)
- **drawer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dawes-vs-drawer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`adwes`, `daews`, `dawess`, `dawse`, `dawwes`, `ddawes`, `dwaes`

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