Which to use
“doubling” is a noun and “doubting” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,761
- “doubling” frequency rank
- #19,319
- “doubting” frequency rank
- 32080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doubling | doubting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. | present participle and gerund of doubt |
Letter map: doubling vs doubting
Shared letters muted; letters that set doubling and doubting apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. doubling and doubting follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: doubling vs doubting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doubling is anoun and doubtingaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “doubling” becomes t in “doubting”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doubling is recorded at frequency rank #12,761, classified as anoun. doubting is at rank #19,319, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/.
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 32080, this pair ranks #340,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doubling vs doubting
Shared letters: bdginou. Private to "doubling": l. Private to "doubting": t.
"doubling" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "doubting" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doubling" and "doubting" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "doubling" or "doubting"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "doubling" and "doubting".
- Full dictionary entry for "doubling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doubting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doubling" and "doubting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dabbling vs doubling". 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 #340,801 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.