# Doris

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɒɹɪs/ · frequency rank #13,326

## Definitions
1. The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
2. An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
3. An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
4. 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
5. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
6. A surname.
7. .

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

## Easily confused with
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dos)
- **DRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dri)
- **dots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dots)
- **dorm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dorm)
- **drip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-drip)
- **dork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dork)
- **dory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dory)
- **downs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-downs)
- **doves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-doves)
- **dorky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dorky)
- **Doritos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-doritos)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dis-vs-doris)
- **DOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doi-vs-doris)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dor-vs-doris)
- **does** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/does-vs-doris)
- **dogs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogs-vs-doris)
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dora-vs-doris)
- **Dons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dons-vs-doris)
- **do's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/do-s-vs-doris)
- **dais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dais-vs-doris)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddoris`, `doirs`, `doriss`, `dorris`, `dorsi`, `drois`, `odris`

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