# doing

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈduːɪŋ/ · frequency rank #225

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of do

## Etymology
See do.

## Easily confused with
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-don)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-down)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-done)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dont)
- **Doug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-doug)
- **dong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dong)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dung)
- **Dons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dons)
- **dona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dona)
- **doon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-doon)
- **drink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-drink)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dying)
- **downs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-downs)
- **donna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-donna)
- **Donny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-donny)
- **Donne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-donne)
- **downy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-downy)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-during)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-drying)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-doping)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddoing`, `diong`, `doign`, `doingg`, `doinng`, `donig`, `oding`

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