Which to use
“doing” is a verb and “done” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,751
- “doing” frequency rank
- #20,986
- “done” frequency rank
- 60737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doing | done |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent du verbe irrégulier do. | Demoiselle, jeune dame, parfois opposé à dame. |
Letter map: doing vs done
Shared letters muted; letters that set doing and done apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for doing / done
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doing is averb and doneanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60737, 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\. done is at rank #20,986, tagged as anoun.
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 60737, this pair ranks #96,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doing vs done
Shared letters: dno. Private to "doing": gi. Private to "done": e.
"doing" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doing" and "done" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "doing" or "done"?
What to do next
You've compared "doing" and "done". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "doing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "done" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doing" and "done" 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 #96,029 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.