Which to use
“danse” and “donne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,658
- “danse” frequency rank
- #326
- “donne” frequency rank
- 1984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | danse | donne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement du corps exécuté en cadence, à pas mesurés, et au son d’instruments ou de la voix. | Action de donner, de distribuer les cartes, dans un jeu de cartes. |
Where the eye mixes danse and donne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between danse and donne
A purely visual mix-up. danse (\dɑ̃s\) and donne (\dɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
danse is recorded at frequency rank #1,658, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃s\. donne is at rank #326, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔn\.
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 1984, this pair ranks #437,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of danse vs donne
Shared letters: den. Private to "danse": as. Private to "donne": o.
"danse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "donne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "danse" for "donne" ever safe?
Frequency check: "danse" vs "donne" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "danse" and "donne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "danse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,001 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "danse" and "donne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donne vs donniez". 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 #437,001 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.