# doing vs Donne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### doing
*verb · IPA /ˈduːɪŋ/ · frequency rank #225*
present participle and gerund of do

### Donne
*name · IPA /dʌn/ · frequency rank #39,301*
A surname, notably held by John Donne, English poet

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