# doggie vs Downie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### doggie
*noun · frequency rank #28,898*
Alternative spelling of doggy.

### Downie
*name · IPA /ˈdaʊni/ · frequency rank #49,881*
A surname.

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