# don't vs dost

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### don't
*verb · IPA /dəʊnt/ · frequency rank #68*
do not (negative auxiliary).

### dost
*verb · IPA /dʌst/ · frequency rank #31,957*
second-person singular simple present indicative of do

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