Donovan
The verdict
“Donovan” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,177
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille irlandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-donovan · Donovan · French
Donovan · rank #23,177 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,177
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dresde
Nearest frequency peer: Dresde (+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 « Donovan »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- diversifiée
diversifiée
76,827 corpus weight
- Doha
Doha
76,826 corpus weight
- Donovan
Donovan
76,824 corpus weight
- Dresde
Dresde
76,823 corpus weight
- dressage
dressage
76,822 corpus weight
- dressent
dressent
76,821 corpus weight
What this shows « Donovan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Donovan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Donovan »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Donovan, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,177 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille irlandais.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Donovan, with forms such as "ddonovan", "dnoovan", and "donnovan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Donovan, spelled D-O-N-O-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille irlandais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Donovan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Landon Donovan a tiré le coup-franc : un centre devant le but qu’Edu a envoyé au fond des filets d’une reprise de volée.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddonovan
- dnoovan
- donnovan
- donoavn
- donovann
- donovna
- donovvan
- donvoan
- doonvan
- odnovan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Donovan - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).