# dorky

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #40,665

## Definitions
1. Like a dork.

## Etymology
From dork + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dry)
- **dorm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dorm)
- **dory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dory)
- **DPRK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dprk)
- **dowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dowry)
- **dusky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dusky)
- **ducky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-ducky)
- **downy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-downy)
- **Dorsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dorsey)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dor-vs-dorky)
- **dark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dark-vs-dorky)
- **dock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dock-vs-dorky)
- **dirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirk-vs-dorky)
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dora-vs-dorky)
- **dork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dork-vs-dorky)
- **Dore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dorky)
- **dirty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dirty-vs-dorky)
- **derby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derby-vs-dorky)
- **Doris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doris-vs-dorky)
- **docks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docks-vs-dorky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddorky`, `dokry`, `dorkky`, `dorkyy`, `dorrky`, `doryk`, `droky`, `odrky`

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