don'ts
"don-ts" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“don'ts” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,300
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of don't
Corpus desk
Index EN-don-ts · don'ts · English
don'ts · rank #39,300 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,300
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dominions
Nearest frequency peer: dominions (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “don'ts”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- DMA
DMA
60,704 corpus weight
- domicile
domicile
60,703 corpus weight
- dominions
dominions
60,702 corpus weight
- don'ts
don'ts
60,701 corpus weight
- Donne
Donne
60,700 corpus weight
- dreamland
dreamland
60,699 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “don'ts” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | don'ts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “don'ts” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around don'ts, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,300 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of don't".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for don'ts, with forms such as "ddon'ts", "dno'ts", and "do'nts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dont", "dots", "Dons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is don'ts, spelled D-O-N-'-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of don't
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how don'ts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." David wondered sometimes why all the pleasant things were "don'ts" and all the unpleasant ones "dos."
1998, M.T., A Sponsorship Guide for 12-Step Programs http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0312181825&id=Dp6qNakZB4wC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=don%27ts&sig=mtjEdxGprrddoWAZp8PypObyAng I don’t like “don’ts.” I like “dos.” I think “don’ts” have a way of being self-defeating.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddon'ts
- dno'ts
- do'nts
- don'st
- don'tss
- don'tts
- donn'ts
- dont's
- odn'ts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of don'ts - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "don'ts", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "don'ts" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dont". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #39,300 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.