# dozing

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,590

## Definitions
1. A light sleep.

## Easily confused with
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozing-vs-dying)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozing-vs-during)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozing-vs-drying)
- **dyeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozing-vs-dyeing)
- **dong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dong-vs-dozing)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ding-vs-dozing)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doing-vs-dozing)
- **dozen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozen-vs-dozing)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dozing)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-dozing)
- **dozens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dozens-vs-dozing)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-dozing)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dozing)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doping-vs-dozing)
- **domino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domino-vs-dozing)
- **Domini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/domini-vs-dozing)
- **downing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/downing-vs-dozing)
- **docking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/docking-vs-dozing)
- **dodging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dodging-vs-dozing)
- **dogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dogging-vs-dozing)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddozing`, `doizng`, `dozign`, `dozingg`, `dozinng`, `doznig`, `dozzing`, `dzoing`, `odzing`

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