Dore
"dore" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dore” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #47,586 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #47,586
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #47,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dore” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dore is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #47,586 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dore, with forms such as "ddore", "dorre", and "droe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Dr", "due", "dry", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“d… The correct English form is Dore, spelled D-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
- 2A surname.
- 3A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
- 4A river in Herefordshire, England, which joins the River Monnow near Monmouth Cap; in full, the River Dore.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghràdh, from dubh + gràdh). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddore,dorre,droe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dore - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Dore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Dr” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dore vs Dr
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.