# doing vs dorn

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dorn
*noun · IPA [ˈdɔrn] · frequency rank #12,693*
Hand

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