# Dobbs

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,068

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. Ellipsis of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which stated that access to abortion was not a constitutionally protected right, overturning the earlier Roe ruling which established this unenumerated right.

## Etymology
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dos)
- **does** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-does)
- **dogs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dogs)
- **dots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dots)
- **Dons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dons)
- **dubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dubs)
- **doubt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-doubt)
- **doors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-doors)
- **downs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-downs)
- **dog's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dog-s)
- **Doris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-doris)
- **docks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-docks)
- **doves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-doves)
- **Dolby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dolby)
- **Dodds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dodds)
- **dobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-dobby)
- **doubts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dobbs-vs-doubts)
- **DBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dbs-vs-dobbs)
- **dob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dobbs)
- **dibs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dibs-vs-dobbs)

## Common misspellings (6)
`dbobs`, `ddobbs`, `dobbss`, `dobs`, `dobsb`, `odbbs`

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