donkey
[ˈdɒŋkɪ]
The verdict
“donkey” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,575
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Esel
Corpus desk
Index DE-donkey · donkey · German
donkey · rank #46,575 · 9 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,575
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Donauwörth
Nearest frequency peer: Donauwörth (-1 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „donkey“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Differential
Differential
53,430 corpus weight
- dominus
dominus
53,428 corpus weight
- Donauwörth
Donauwörth
53,427 corpus weight
- donkey
donkey
53,426 corpus weight
- Dopamin
Dopamin
53,425 corpus weight
- Dorffest
Dorffest
53,424 corpus weight
What this shows „donkey“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donkey |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɒŋkɪ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „donkey“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around donkey (IPA [ˈdɒŋkɪ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,575 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for donkey, with forms such as "ddonkey", "dnokey", and "dokney". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "dunkel", "Donner", "done", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is donkey, spelled D-O-N-K-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Esel
- 2störrische Person
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddonkey
- dnokey
- dokney
- doneky
- donkeyy
- donkkey
- donkye
- donnkey
- odnkey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of donkey - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "donkey", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).