# done

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dʌn/ · frequency rank #236

## Definitions
1. Having completed or finished an activity.
2. Completed or finished.
3. Ready, fully cooked.
4. Being exhausted or fully spent.
5. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
6. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
7. Finished with (something).
8. Punished.

## Etymology
From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Equivalent to do + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Scots dune, deen, dene, dane (“done”), Saterland Frisian däin (“done”), West Frisian dien (“done”), Dutch gedaan (“done”), German Low German daan (“done”), German getan (“done”). More at do.

## Easily confused with
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-due)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dot)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dye)
- **DOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dos)
- **dow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dow)
- **doo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-doo)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dre)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dun)
- **dor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dor)
- **dox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dox)
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-down)
- **door** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-door)
- **dude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dude)
- **dont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dont)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-duke)
- **dose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dose)
- **Doug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-doug)
- **dope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dope)
- **doom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-doom)
- **dong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/done-vs-dong)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ddone`, `dnoe`, `doen`, `odne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/done