# doing vs during

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### doing
*verb · IPA \ˈdu.ɪŋ\ · frequency rank #39,751*
Participe présent du verbe irrégulier do.

### during
*preposition · IPA \ˈdʒʊə.ɹɪŋ\ · frequency rank #33,227*
Durant, pendant, lors de.

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