donut

\dɔ.nœt\

/\dɔ.nœt\/ noun

The verdict

“donut” is uncommon French (frequency #53,901 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,901
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beignet sucré et toroïdal, d’origine nord-américaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-donut · donut · French

donut · rank #53,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,901
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dorcel

Nearest frequency peer: Dorcel (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « donut »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « donut » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for donut
PropertyValue
Headworddonut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.nœt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,901
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « donut » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).donuttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Dorcel » (#53,902), « dominations » (#53,899), « dorures » (#53,903). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « donut » est au #53,901. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

donut is uncommon French at frequency #53,901 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.nœt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

donut doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is donut, spelled D-O-N-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beignet sucré et toroïdal, d’origine nord-américaine.
  2. 2
    Beignet.
  3. 3
    Figure consistant à faire patiner le ou les pneus arrière d’un véhicule en dessinant des cercles de gommes sur le sol ; burn circulaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous devons aussi apporter des donuts aux plus anciens de l’équipe avant certains entrainements.
  2. Un donut bien carré rappelle les fameux beignets poudrés de la Nouvelle Orléans, en plus bourratif.

Synonyms

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 "donut"?
"donut" is spelled D-O-N-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.nœt\.
What does "donut" mean?
As a noun, "donut" means: Beignet sucré et toroïdal, d’origine nord-américaine.
How do you pronounce "donut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "donut" is \dɔ.nœt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "donut" come from?
"donut" 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 "donut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list