donor
do·nor/ˈdoʊnɚ/noun
donor is spelled D-O-N-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (do·nor). It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, donor means “One who makes a donation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of donor is donors.
How many letters and syllables are in donor?
| Letters | 5: D-O-N-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: do·nor |
| In writing | 8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is donor?
Donor appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce donor?
- UK /ˈdəʊnə/
- US /ˈdoʊnɚ/
- Australia /ˈdəʉnə/
Donor has 2 syllables, split do·nor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-donor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with donor?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as donor from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rondo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of donor
- donors plural
- donour
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does donor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who makes a donation.
The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.
- 2
An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts.
- 3
A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
a carbonyl donor molecule
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Donor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who donates:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does donor come from?
From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).