donna

\dɔ.na\

/\dɔ.na\/ verb

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The verdict

“donna” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,025) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,025
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de donner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-donna · donna · French

donna · rank #5,025 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,025
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH divorce

Nearest frequency peer: divorce (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « donna »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « donna » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

donna vs dont
60% similar
donna vs dons
60% similar
donna vs down
60% similar

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

Key facts for donna
PropertyValue
Headworddonna
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɔ.na\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,025
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « donna »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.donnase 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 « divorce » (#5,024), « demandant » (#5,023), « dramatique » (#5,027). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « donna » est au #5,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for donna is neighbouring look-alikes ("dont", "dons", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \dɔ.na\. Frequency #5,025 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de donner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for donna, with forms such as "ddonna", "dnona", and "donan". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dont", "dons", "down", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is donna, spelled D-O-N-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de donner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La gracieuse négligence, la hardiesse naïve de la Fontaine furent inappréciées par le grand roi ; mais le froid et correct Boileau donna à la poésie des préceptes tels que Louis les auraient donnés lui-même
  2. Ce signe de vie, dans les commencements presque imperceptible, ne se donna pas par Monsieur (le duc d'Orléans).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddonna
  • dnona
  • donan
  • odnna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddonna1dnona2donan2odnna2
Edit distance from "donna"

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 "donna"?
"donna" is spelled D-O-N-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.na\.
What does "donna" mean?
As a verb, "donna" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de donner.
What words are commonly confused with "donna"?
"donna" is commonly confused with "dont", "dons", "down". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "donna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "donna" is \dɔ.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "donna" come from?
"donna" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list