Why are there two ways to spell donut and donut?

Answer 1

Technically, it's doughnut. "Donut" started being used in advertising or just by lazy people, and it came to be an accepted spelling. At this point you could really use either one and no one would notice.

Answer 2

Because we are lazy and don't want to write out the dough. Also, IMO it just looks better like donut.

^No... In the UK it is doughnut and in proper English it is also doughnut, but we shortened it to donut to reffer to the Oshape...

Answer 3

"Doughnut" is the original and commoner spelling. "Donut" often appears in commercial contexts (as in "Dunkin' Donuts"). "Doughnut" should be used in formal writing.

Answer 4

Quite technically, it should be "doughnut," but they are both considered correct. "Donut" tends to be more commonly used, and will draw less attention to the spelling too.

Answer 5

That is the correct spelling of "doughnuts", except that in the US the shortened "donuts" is more often employed, having been used for more than a century.

Answer 6

Either doughnuts or donuts is correct. The shortened form gained variant status primarily in the US.

Answer 7

The plural form of the singular noun 'donut' is donuts.

The noun is sometimes spelled 'doughnut' (doughnuts).

Answer 8

doughnut