# does vs dots

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dots
*noun · frequency rank #10,200*
Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”).

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