donation
/dəʊˈneɪʃən/
"donation" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“donation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,125
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
Corpus desk
Index EN-donation · donation · English
donation · rank #7,125 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,125
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dragged
Nearest frequency peer: dragged (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “donation”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- disclosure
disclosure
92,880 corpus weight
- disposal
disposal
92,879 corpus weight
- distinctive
distinctive
92,878 corpus weight
- donation
donation
92,876 corpus weight
- dragged
dragged
92,875 corpus weight
- drone
drone
92,874 corpus weight
What this shows “donation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | donation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dəʊˈneɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “donation”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around donation (IPA /dəʊˈneɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,125 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for donation, with forms such as "ddonation", "dnoation", and "doantion". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "duration", "donations", "dilation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century. Equivalent to donate + -ion. The correct English form is donation, spelled D-O-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- 2The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how donation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.
And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers.
Etymology
From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century. Equivalent to donate + -ion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddonation
- dnoation
- doantion
- donaiton
- donasion
- donatino
- donationn
- donatoin
- donattion
- donnation
- dontaion
- odnation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of donation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).