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“dons” and “donuts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,067
- “dons” frequency rank
- #39,752
- “donuts” frequency rank
- 43819
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dons | donuts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de don. | Pluriel de donut. |
Where the eye mixes dons and donuts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dons vs donuts
A purely visual mix-up. dons (\dɔ̃\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dons is recorded at frequency rank #4,067, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ̃\. 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 43819, this pair ranks #215,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dons vs donuts
Shared letters: dnos. Private to "dons": -. Private to "donuts": tu.
"dons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "donuts" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dons" and "donuts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dons" or "donuts" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dons" and "donuts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dons" 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 #215,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dons" and "donuts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domus vs donuts". 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 #215,148 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.