# dormer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɔɹmɚ/ · frequency rank #40,666

## Definitions
1. A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
2. Ellipsis of dormer-window.

## Etymology
From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”).

## Easily confused with
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-dover)
- **dryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-dryer)
- **drier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-drier)
- **Dorset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-dorset)
- **Dorsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-dorsey)
- **downer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-downer)
- **dome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dome-vs-dormer)
- **dorm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorm-vs-dormer)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doer-vs-dormer)
- **Dore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dormer)
- **domed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domed-vs-dormer)
- **dimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimer-vs-dormer)
- **darker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/darker-vs-dormer)
- **doomed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doomed-vs-dormer)
- **dodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodger-vs-dormer)
- **docker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docker-vs-dormer)
- **Doreen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doreen-vs-dormer)
- **donner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donner-vs-dormer)
- **dimmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimmer-vs-dormer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddormer`, `domrer`, `doremr`, `dormerr`, `dormmer`, `dormre`, `dorrmer`, `dromer`, `odrmer`

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