# Dmitry

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,245

## Definitions
1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij).

## Etymology
From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), from Byzantine Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios), from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”) + -ιος (-ios, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Demetrius, Dimitri, and Dimitris.

## Easily confused with
- **dairy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dairy-vs-dmitry)
- **diary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diary-vs-dmitry)
- **deity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deity-vs-dmitry)
- **ditty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ditty-vs-dmitry)
- **Dimitri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimitri-vs-dmitry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddmitry`, `dimtry`, `dmirty`, `dmitrry`, `dmitryy`, `dmittry`, `dmityr`, `dmmitry`, `dmtiry`, `mditry`

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