# Dorothea

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,785

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a Latinate variant of Dorothy.

## Etymology
See Dorothy.

## Easily confused with
- **Dorothy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorothea-vs-dorothy)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddorothea`, `doorthea`, `dorohtea`, `doroteha`, `dorothae`, `dorothhea`, `dorotthea`, `dorrothea`, `dortohea`, `droothea`, `odrothea`

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