# doughnut

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdəʊnʌt/ · frequency rank #23,249

## Definitions
1. A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
2. Any object in the shape of a torus.
3. Any object in the shape of a torus.
4. Any object in the shape of a torus.
5. Any object in the shape of a torus.
6. Any object in the shape of a torus.
7. Any object in the shape of a torus.
8. Any object in the shape of a torus.
9. Any object in the shape of a torus.
10. A foolish or stupid person; an idiot.
11. A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.
12. A whole note.

## Etymology
From dough + nut, 1809 because originally small, nut-sized balls of fried dough, or, more likely, from nut in the earlier sense of "small rounded cake or cookie", with the toroidal shape becoming common in the twentieth century. First attested in Knickerbocker’s History of New York, by Washington Irving, 1809.

## Easily confused with
- **donut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donut-vs-doughnut)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddoughnut`, `doguhnut`, `dougghnut`, `doughhnut`, `doughnnut`, `doughntu`, `doughnutt`, `doughunt`, `dougnhut`, `douhgnut`, `duoghnut`, `odughnut`

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