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“dojo” and “donjon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,986
- “dojo” frequency rank
- #14,014
- “donjon” frequency rank
- 49000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dojo | donjon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit où le sensei entraîne ses étudiants. | Tour principale d’un château où se conservaient les archives et le trésor et où se concentraient les derniers efforts de la défense. |
Where the eye mixes dojo and donjon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dojo vs donjon
A purely visual mix-up. dojo (\do.ʒo\) and donjon (\dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dojo is recorded at frequency rank #34,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \do.ʒo\. donjon is at rank #14,014, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49000, this pair ranks #174,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dojo vs donjon
Shared letters: djo. Private to "dojo": -. Private to "donjon": n.
"dojo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "donjon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dojo" and "donjon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dojo" or "donjon"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donjon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dojo" and "donjon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dojo vs domi". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #174,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.