donut
do·nut/ˈdoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/noun
donut is spelled D-O-N-U-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables (do·nut). It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “donut vs doughnut” about 4,400 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, donut means “Alternative spelling of doughnut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of donut is donuts.
How many letters and syllables are in donut?
| Letters | 5: D-O-N-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: do·nut |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is donut?
Donut appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 donut?
- UK /ˈdəʊnʌt/
- US /ˈdoʊ(ˌ)nʌt/
Donut has 2 syllables, split do·nut in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-donut.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-donut.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with donut
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: doughnut (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: doughnut.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with donut?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as donut from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnʌt/):
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 donut
- donuts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does donut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUSAlternative spelling of doughnut.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does donut come from?
Alteration of doughnut, from dough + nut. Attested 1900.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).