Which to use
“doing” and “dois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,751
- “doing” frequency rank
- #707
- “dois” frequency rank
- 40458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doing | dois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent du verbe irrégulier do. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes doing and dois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses doing with dois
A purely visual mix-up. doing (\ˈdu.ɪŋ\) and dois (\dwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doing is recorded at frequency rank #39,751, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈdu.ɪŋ\. dois is at rank #707, tagged as averb, pronounced \dwa\.
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 40458, this pair ranks #240,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doing vs dois
Shared letters: dio. Private to "doing": gn. Private to "dois": s.
"doing" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "dois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doing" for "dois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doing" vs "dois" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "doing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,347 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doing" and "dois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "djinn vs doing". 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 #240,347 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.