# Dore

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,586

## Definitions
1. A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.
2. A surname.
3. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3181).
4. A 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dr)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-due)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dry)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dot)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dye)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dos)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dow)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dre)
- **DRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-drc)
- **DRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-drm)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dur)
- **DRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dri)
- **Dru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dru)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-down)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dude)
- **drew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-drew)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-duke)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dose)
- **Doug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-doug)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ddore`, `dorre`, `droe`

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