# doom vs dow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### doom
*noun · IPA /duːm/ · frequency rank #9,459*
Destiny, especially terrible.

### dow
*verb · IPA /daʊ/ · frequency rank #12,409*
To be worth.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doom-vs-dow