# does vs DOI

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### does
*verb · IPA /dəz/ · frequency rank #177*
third-person singular simple present indicative of do

### DOI
*noun · IPA /diː əʊ aɪ/ · frequency rank #20,341*
Initialism of date of incident.

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