# Dorsey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,763

## Definitions
1. A surname from Norman.
2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska, United States.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from Norman de (“of”) + Orsay, a town in France.

## Easily confused with
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorsey-vs-dose)
- **dory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorsey-vs-dory)
- **douse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorsey-vs-douse)
- **Downey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorsey-vs-downey)
- **Dore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dore-vs-dorsey)
- **dorky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorky-vs-dorsey)
- **dopey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dopey-vs-dorsey)
- **donkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donkey-vs-dorsey)
- **Dorset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorset-vs-dorsey)
- **dorsal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorsal-vs-dorsey)
- **Dooley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-dorsey)
- **Doreen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doreen-vs-dorsey)
- **dormer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormer-vs-dorsey)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddorsey`, `doresy`, `dorrsey`, `dorseyy`, `dorssey`, `dorsye`, `dosrey`, `drosey`, `odrsey`

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