# diving vs doing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### diving
*verb · IPA /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ · frequency rank #6,895*
present participle and gerund of dive

### doing
*verb · IPA /ˈduːɪŋ/ · frequency rank #225*
present participle and gerund of do

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