dothvsdoxWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: doth is a verb, dox is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“doth” is a verb and “dox” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,145
“doth” frequency rank
#49,882
“dox” frequency rank
74027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doth dox
Definition third-person singular simple present indicative of do plural of doc

Letter map: doth vs dox

Shared letters muted; letters that set doth and dox apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
doth
3 ch
dox

Grammar separator: doth vs dox

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doth is averb and doxanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doth is recorded at frequency rank #24,145, classified as averb, pronounced /dʌθ/. 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 74027, this pair ranks #37,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of doth vs dox

Shared letters: do. Private to "doth": ht. Private to "dox": x.

"doth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "dox" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dothddoth · doht · dothh · dotth · dtoh · odth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "doth" and "dox" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doth" is a verb and "dox" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "doth" or "dox"?
"doth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,145 in our English list, against #49,882 for "dox". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "doth" and "dox".

  • Full dictionary entry for "doth" 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 #37,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doth" 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 #37,613 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list