Which to use
“donation” and “donations” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,125
- “donation” frequency rank
- #6,045
- “donations” frequency rank
- 13170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donation | donations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. | plural of donation |
Where the eye mixes donation and donations
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. donation (/dəʊˈneɪʃən/) and donations (/doʊˈneɪʃənz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “donation” sits inside “donations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donation is recorded at frequency rank #7,125, classified as anoun, pronounced /dəʊˈneɪʃən/. donations is at rank #6,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced /doʊˈneɪʃənz/.
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 13170, this pair ranks #477,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donation vs donations
Shared letters: adinot. Private to "donation": -. Private to "donations": s.
"donation" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "donations" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC