# DOI vs DVD

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### DVD
*noun · IPA /ˌdiː viː ˈdiː/ · frequency rank #4,666*
Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.

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