Which to use
“doon” is an adverb and “dox” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,338
- “doon” frequency rank
- #49,882
- “dox” frequency rank
- 95220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doon | dox |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Down. | plural of doc |
Letter map: doon vs dox
Shared letters muted; letters that set doon and dox apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for doon / dox
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doon is anadverb and doxanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doon is recorded at frequency rank #45,338, classified as anadv, pronounced /duːn/. dox is at rank #49,882, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 95220, this pair ranks #1,046 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doon vs dox
Shared letters: do. Private to "doon": n. Private to "dox": x.
"doon" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dox" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doon ← ddoon · dono · doonn · odon
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doon" for "dox" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doon" vs "dox" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "doon" and "dox".
- Full dictionary entry for "doon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,046 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doon" and "dox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dour vs dox". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,046 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.