donations
/doʊˈneɪʃənz/
"donations" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“donations” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,045
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of donation
Corpus desk
Index EN-donations · donations · English
donations · rank #6,045 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,045
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH distinction
Nearest frequency peer: distinction (-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 “donations”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dennis
Dennis
93,959 corpus weight
- derby
derby
93,958 corpus weight
- distinction
distinction
93,957 corpus weight
- donations
donations
93,956 corpus weight
- draws
draws
93,954 corpus weight
- examined
examined
93,953 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “donations” 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 | donations |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /doʊˈneɪʃənz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “donations” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around donations (IPA /doʊˈneɪʃənz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,045 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of donation".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for donations, with forms such as "ddonations", "dnoations", and "doantions". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "donation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is donations, spelled D-O-N-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of donation
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddonations
- dnoations
- doantions
- donaitons
- donatinos
- donationns
- donationss
- donatiosn
- donatoins
- donattions
- donnations
- dontaions
- odnations
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of donations - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "donations", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.