Donkeys
"donkeys" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Donkeys” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,761
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the Brisbane Broncos (a rugby league club based in Brisbane, Australia)
Corpus desk
Index EN-donkeys · Donkeys · English
Donkeys · rank #26,761 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,761
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dix
Nearest frequency peer: Dix (-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 “Donkeys”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- distancing
distancing
73,243 corpus weight
- ditching
ditching
73,242 corpus weight
- Dix
Dix
73,241 corpus weight
- Donkeys
Donkeys
73,240 corpus weight
- Dorchester
Dorchester
73,239 corpus weight
- Dorsey
Dorsey
73,238 corpus weight
What this shows “Donkeys” 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 | Donkeys |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Donkeys”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Donkeys, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,761 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "the Brisbane Broncos (a rugby league club based in Brisbane, Australia)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Donkeys, with forms such as "ddonkeys", "dnokeys", and "dokneys". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "donkey", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the fact that a donkey is typically depicted as a clumsy animal with a lack of intelligence (evident in terms such as ass and donkey vote), in comparison to a horse which is depicted as a strong and powerful companion animal. A bronco is a bucking horse. The correct English form is Donkeys, spelled D-O-N-K-E-Y-S.
Definition
- 1the Brisbane Broncos (a rugby league club based in Brisbane, Australia)
Etymology
From the fact that a donkey is typically depicted as a clumsy animal with a lack of intelligence (evident in terms such as ass and donkey vote), in comparison to a horse which is depicted as a strong and powerful companion animal. A bronco is a bucking horse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddonkeys
- dnokeys
- dokneys
- donekys
- donkesy
- donkeyss
- donkeyys
- donkkeys
- donkyes
- donnkeys
- odnkeys
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Donkeys - 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 "Donkeys", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).