donde vs done, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“donde” is an adverb and “done” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,273
“donde” frequency rank: #23,299
“done” frequency rank: 36572
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	donde	done
Definition	pelo que; daí se conclui:	particípio do verbo do

Letter map: donde vs done

Shared letters muted; letters that set donde and done apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

donde

4 ch

done

Role in the sentence - donde and done

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: donde is anadverb and doneaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

donde is recorded at frequency rank #13,273, classified as anadv. done is at rank #23,299, tagged as averb, pronounced /dʌn/; /dɐn/; /dʊn/.

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 36572, this pair ranks #30,186 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of donde vs done

Shared letters: deno. Private to "donde": -. Private to "done": -.

"donde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

donde ← ddonde · dnode · dodne · dondde · doned · donnde · odnde
done ← ddone · dnoe · doen · donne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "donde" and "done" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "donde" is an adverb and "done" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "donde" vs "done" - which ranks higher?

"donde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,273 in our Portuguese list, against #23,299 for "done". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "donde" and "done".

Full dictionary entry for "donde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "done" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #30,186 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"donde" and "done" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dodo vs done". 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 #30,186 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.