# Dvorak

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdvɔːʒæk/ · frequency rank #48,716

## Definitions
1. A surname from Czech, especially
2. A surname from Czech, especially

## Etymology
From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.

## Easily confused with
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dora-vs-dvorak)
- **dork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dork-vs-dvorak)
- **Doran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doran-vs-dvorak)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddvorak`, `dovrak`, `dvoark`, `dvorakk`, `dvorka`, `dvorrak`, `dvroak`, `dvvorak`, `vdorak`

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