# dings vs doing

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dings
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #25,507*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ding

### doing
*verb · IPA [ˈduːɪŋ] · frequency rank #31,509*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs do

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dings-vs-doing