donneur

\dɔ.nœʁ\

/\dɔ.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“donneur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,247
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui donne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-donneur · donneur · French

donneur · rank #14,247 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,247
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diffusées

Nearest frequency peer: diffusées (-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 « donneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « donneur » 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).

donneur vs donnez
71% similar
donneur vs douleur
71% similar
donneur vs douceur
71% similar

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

Key facts for donneur
PropertyValue
Headworddonneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.nœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,247
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « donneur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).donneurse 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 « diffusées » (#14,246), « doués » (#14,248), « Delphine » (#14,245). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « donneur » est au #14,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around donneur (IPA \dɔ.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,247 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for donneur, with forms such as "ddonneur", "dnoneur", and "donenur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "donnez", "douleur", "douceur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is donneur, spelled D-O-N-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui donne.
  2. 2
    Personne qui donne son sang en vue de transfusion ou un organe en vue de transplantation sur un receveur.
  3. 3
    Personne qui donne son sperme en vue d'une procréation médicalement assistée.
  4. 4
    Personne qui pratique la délation.
  5. 5
    Celui ou celle qui distribue les cartes ou les jetons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux nouvelles gifles lui ont fait ravaler le reste. Ça sentait le roussi. […]. Luca est parti en claudiquant. Aucune émotion sur le visage du donneur de baffes.
  2. Rancière s’en prendra en 1984 à la Leçon sur la leçon, titre de la « leçon inaugurale » de Pierre Bourdieu au Collège de France, en décortiquant de façon très caustique les paradoxes de la position de « donneur de leçon » du sociologue (ES 28).

This word in other languages

giver(English)donante(Español)delator(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddonneur
  • dnoneur
  • donenur
  • doneur
  • donneru
  • donneurr
  • donnuer
  • odnneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of donneur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddonneur1dnoneur2donenur2doneur1donneru2donneurr1donnuer2odnneur2
Edit distance from "donneur"

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 "donneur"?
"donneur" is spelled D-O-N-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.nœʁ\.
What does "donneur" mean?
As a noun, "donneur" means: Celui qui donne.
What words are commonly confused with "donneur"?
"donneur" is commonly confused with "donnez", "douleur", "douceur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "donneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "donneur" is \dɔ.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "donneur" come from?
"donneur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cruelle#14,240essaies#14,258fondent#14,262Colette#14,225

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Franz8 variantsbrunes8 variantskings8 variantslatino8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list