doubting

/ˈdaʊtɪŋ/

//ˈdaʊtɪŋ// verb

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"doubting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doubting” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,319
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of doubt

Corpus desk

Index EN-doubting · doubting · English

doubting · rank #19,319 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,319
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH donut

Nearest frequency peer: donut (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “doubting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “doubting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

doubting vs dusting
75% similar
doubting vs dubbing
75% similar
doubting vs doubling
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for doubting
PropertyValue
Headworddoubting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈdaʊtɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,319
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “doubting”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).doubtinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “donut” (#19,318), “dodging” (#19,317), “effected” (#19,321). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “doubting” is #19,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around doubting (IPA /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,319 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of doubt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for doubting, with forms such as "ddoubting", "dobuting", and "doubbting". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dusting", "dubbing", "doubling", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is doubting, spelled D-O-U-B-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of doubt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoubting
  • dobuting
  • doubbting
  • doubitng
  • doubtign
  • doubtingg
  • doubtinng
  • doubtnig
  • doubtting
  • doutbing
  • duobting
  • odubting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doubting - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddoubting1dobuting2doubbting1doubitng2doubtign2doubtingg1doubtinng1doubtnig2
Edit distance from "doubting"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doubting"?
"doubting" is spelled D-O-U-B-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/.
What does "doubting" mean?
As a verb, "doubting" means: present participle and gerund of doubt
What words are commonly confused with "doubting"?
"doubting" is commonly confused with "dusting", "dubbing", "doubling". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doubting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doubting" is /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doubting" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doubting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

effected#19,321delights#19,308degraded#19,306Faulkner#19,333

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list