doablevsdoublesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: doable is a adjective, doubles is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“doable” is an adjective and “doubles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,127
“doable” frequency rank
#8,414
“doubles” frequency rank
35541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doable doubles
Definition Possible to do; feasible. a game between pairs of players

Letter map: doable vs doubles

Shared letters muted; letters that set doable and doubles apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
doable
7 ch
doubles

Grammar separator: doable vs doubles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doable is anadjective and doublesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doable is recorded at frequency rank #27,127, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈduː.ə.bəl/. doubles is at rank #8,414, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35541, this pair ranks #311,069 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of doable vs doubles

Shared letters: bdelo. Private to "doable": a. Private to "doubles": su.

"doable" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "doubles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doabledaoble · ddoable · doabble · doabel · doablle · doalbe · dobale · doible
  • doublesddoubles · dobules · doubbles · doubels · doubless · doublles · doublse · doulbes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "doable" for "doubles" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doable" is an adjective and "doubles" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "doable" vs "doubles" - which ranks higher?
"doubles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,414 in our English list, against #27,127 for "doable". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "doable" and "doubles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "doable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doubles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,069 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doable" and "doubles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doable vs dongle". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #311,069 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list