# Desai

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,413

## Definitions
1. A surname from Gujarati.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi देसाई (desāī, “leader of a village”), or from Gujarati દેસાઈ (desāī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

## Easily confused with
- **DSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-dsa)
- **DSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-dsi)
- **desk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-desk)
- **Desi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-desi)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-devi)
- **deva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-deva)
- **Dubai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-dubai)
- **desks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-desks)
- **Dewar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-dewar)
- **detail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-detail)
- **detain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-detain)
- **despair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desai-vs-despair)
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/des-vs-desai)
- **DEA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dea-vs-desai)
- **DEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dei-vs-desai)
- **dai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dai-vs-desai)
- **deal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deal-vs-desai)
- **dead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dead-vs-desai)
- **dear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dear-vs-desai)
- **dean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dean-vs-desai)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddesai`, `deasi`, `desia`, `dessai`, `dseai`, `edsai`

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