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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doable" for "doubles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doable" vs "doubles" - which ranks higher?
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.