# Debby

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,413

## Definitions
1. A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.

## Etymology
From Deborah + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **dey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-dey)
- **debt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debt)
- **deny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-deny)
- **defy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-defy)
- **debs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debs)
- **dewy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-dewy)
- **debut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debut)
- **delay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-delay)
- **derby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-derby)
- **debts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debts)
- **decay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-decay)
- **debit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debit)
- **deity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-deity)
- **Dewey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-dewey)
- **Debra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debra)
- **Derry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-derry)
- **Dobbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-dobbs)
- **decoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-decoy)
- **Dolby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-dolby)
- **debug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debby-vs-debug)

## Common misspellings (6)
`dbeby`, `ddebby`, `debbyy`, `deby`, `debyb`, `edbby`

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