doing

/dɔɪŋ/

//dɔɪŋ// intj

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The verdict

“doing” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,945
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - som emitido por um objeto elástico ao ser atingido ou bater num objeto duro

Corpus desk

Index PT-doing · doing · Portuguese

doing · rank #28,945 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,945
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH embriaguez

Nearest frequency peer: embriaguez (+6 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “doing”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “doing” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

doing vs don
60% similar
doing vs dois
60% similar
doing vs dona
60% similar

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

Key facts for doing
PropertyValue
Headworddoing
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
IPA/dɔɪŋ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,945
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “doing”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.doingcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “embriaguez” (#28,951), “desuso” (#28,938), “empecilho” (#28,953). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “doing” fica em #28,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around doing (IPA /dɔɪŋ/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #28,945 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "som emitido por um objeto elástico ao ser atingido ou bater num objeto duro".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for doing, with forms such as "ddoing", "diong", and "doign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "don", "dois", "dona", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is doing, spelled D-O-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    som emitido por um objeto elástico ao ser atingido ou bater num objeto duro

Synonyms

boing

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoing
  • diong
  • doign
  • doingg
  • doinng
  • donig
  • oding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doing - 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.

ddoing1diong2doign2doingg1doinng1donig2oding2
Edit distance from "doing"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doing"?
"doing" is spelled D-O-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /dɔɪŋ/.
What does "doing" mean?
As an interjection, "doing" means: som emitido por um objeto elástico ao ser atingido ou bater num objeto duro
What words are commonly confused with "doing"?
"doing" is commonly confused with "don", "dois", "dona". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doing" is /dɔɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doing" come from?
"doing" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dardo#28,926hiato#29,000jarra#29,015parra#29,076

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

until7 variantspompa7 variantspulse7 variantsrevés7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list