donjon

\dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\

/\dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“donjon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,014
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tour principale d’un château où se conservaient les archives et le trésor et où se concentraient les derniers efforts de la défense.

Corpus desk

Index FR-donjon · donjon · French

donjon · rank #14,014 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,014
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH districts

Nearest frequency peer: districts (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « donjon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « donjon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

donjon vs Dorion
50% similar
donjon vs donnons
71% similar
donjon vs donjons
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for donjon
PropertyValue
Headworddonjon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,014
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « donjon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).donjonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « districts » (#14,013), « douches » (#14,015), « dissimuler » (#14,012). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « donjon » est au #14,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around donjon (IPA \dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,014 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for donjon, with forms such as "ddonjon", "dnojon", and "dojnon". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Dorion", "donnons", "donjons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is donjon, spelled D-O-N-J-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tour principale d’un château où se conservaient les archives et le trésor et où se concentraient les derniers efforts de la défense.
  2. 2
    Meuble représentant une tour carrée dans les armoiries. On parle rarement de donjon lorsque la tour est seule mais plutôt de tour carrée. En effet, la notion de donjon est plutôt réservée à la tour principale ou centrale d’un château. Le choix de l’usage du mot donjon dans le blasonnement fait généralement référence au nom d’un monument local voire au lieu lui-même pour composer des armes parlantes. À rapprocher de beffroi, phare et tour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how donjon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Moi, je dis que la meilleure prison est celle que creuse le fossoyeur. Il n’y a pas de donjon qui vaille le caveau d’une église.
  2. C’est là que me sont apparus les derniers vestiges du donjon de la princesse blonde, dont la chevelure, aujourd’hui, repose dans un coffret de verre.

This word in other languages

keep(English)torreón(Español)Donjon(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddonjon
  • dnojon
  • dojnon
  • donjjon
  • donjno
  • donjonn
  • donnjon
  • donojn
  • odnjon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of donjon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddonjon1dnojon2dojnon2donjjon1donjno2donjonn1donnjon1donojn2
Edit distance from "donjon"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "donjon"?
"donjon" is spelled D-O-N-J-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\.
What does "donjon" mean?
As a noun, "donjon" means: Tour principale d’un château où se conservaient les archives et le trésor et où se concentraient les derniers efforts de la défense.
What words are commonly confused with "donjon"?
"donjon" is commonly confused with "Dorion", "donnons", "donjons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "donjon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "donjon" is \dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "donjon" come from?
"donjon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "donjon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Duncan#14,018devrai#14,008enfers#14,031Colmar#13,993

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list