don
[ˈd̪õn]
The verdict
“don” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,033) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,033
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cosa cualquiera que se da de forma voluntaria y gratuita.
Corpus desk
Index ES-don · don · Spanish
don · rank #1,033 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,033
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH democracia
Nearest frequency peer: democracia (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “don”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cuarto
cuarto
98,971 corpus weight
- curso
curso
98,970 corpus weight
- democracia
democracia
98,969 corpus weight
- don
don
98,968 corpus weight
- fe
fe
98,967 corpus weight
- ganas
ganas
98,966 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “don” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | don |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪õn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “don” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for don is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "dos", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈd̪õn]. Frequency #1,033 among 4,885 “D” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
don has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "dos", "doy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is don, spelled D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Cosa cualquiera que se da de forma voluntaria y gratuita.
- 2En particular, don₁ que se recibe de una entidad sobrenatural, como una deidad o un hada.
- 3Por extensión, habilidad o talento especial e innato.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "don" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "du". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #1,033 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.