donnant

\dɔ.nɑ̃\

/\dɔ.nɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“donnant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,820
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime à donner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-donnant · donnant · French

donnant · rank #2,820 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,820
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH do

Nearest frequency peer: do (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « donnant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « donnant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

donnant vs dotant
71% similar
donnant vs donnent
86% similar
donnant vs donnons
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for donnant
PropertyValue
Headworddonnant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɔ.nɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,820
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « donnant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).donnantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « do » (#2,819), « définitivement » (#2,821), « deviennent » (#2,818). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « donnant » est au #2,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around donnant (IPA \dɔ.nɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,820 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui aime à donner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for donnant, with forms such as "ddonnant", "dnonant", and "donannt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dotant", "donnent", "donnons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is donnant, spelled D-O-N-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui aime à donner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how donnant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il n’est pas donnant. — La bonne femme n’est guère donnante.
  2. Mon maréchal, assez donnant dans ce temps là, tire deux billets de mille francs de son secrétaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddonnant
  • dnonant
  • donannt
  • donant
  • donnannt
  • donnantt
  • donnatn
  • donnnat
  • odnnant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of donnant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddonnant1dnonant2donannt2donant1donnannt1donnantt1donnatn2donnnat2
Edit distance from "donnant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "donnant"?
"donnant" is spelled D-O-N-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.nɑ̃\.
What does "donnant" mean?
As an adjective, "donnant" means: Qui aime à donner.
What words are commonly confused with "donnant"?
"donnant" is commonly confused with "dotant", "donnent", "donnons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "donnant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "donnant" is \dɔ.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "donnant" come from?
"donnant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "donnant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list