Which to use
“donat” and “donuts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,260
- “donat” frequency rank
- #39,752
- “donuts” frequency rank
- 79012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donat | donuts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans l’ordre de Malte, laïque à qui le grand maître conférait la demi-croix pour services rendus à la religion. | Pluriel de donut. |
Where the eye mixes donat and donuts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: donat vs donuts
A purely visual mix-up. donat (\dɔ.na\) and donuts (\dɔ.nœt\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donat is recorded at frequency rank #39,260, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.na\. donuts is at rank #39,752, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.nœt\.
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 79012, this pair ranks #24,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of donat vs donuts
Shared letters: dnot. Private to "donat": a. Private to "donuts": su.
"donat" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "donuts" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "donat" and "donuts" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "donat" or "donuts"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "donat" and "donuts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donuts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donat" and "donuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donat vs dotant". 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 #24,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.