Which to use
“done” is an adjective and “dont” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #236
- “done” frequency rank
- #1,856
- “dont” frequency rank
- 2092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | done | dont |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having completed or finished an activity. | Misspelling of don't. |
Letter map: done vs dont
Shared letters muted; letters that set done and dont apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for done / dont
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: done is anadjective and dontacontraction. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “done” becomes t in “dont”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
done is recorded at frequency rank #236, classified as anadj, pronounced /dʌn/. dont is at rank #1,856, tagged as acontraction.
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 2092, this pair ranks #525,886 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of done vs dont
Shared letters: dno. Private to "done": e. Private to "dont": t.
"done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "done" and "dont" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "done" or "dont" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "done" and "dont".
- Full dictionary entry for "done" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #525,886 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "done" and "dont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dont vs dox". 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 #525,886 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.