Which to use
“dansez” and “donnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,215
- “dansez” frequency rank
- #4,066
- “donnez” frequency rank
- 45281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dansez | donnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de danser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes dansez and donnez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dansez and donnez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dansez vs donnez
A purely visual mix-up. dansez (\dɑ̃.se\) and donnez (\dɔ.ne\) 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 45281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dansez is recorded at frequency rank #41,215, classified as averb, pronounced \dɑ̃.se\. donnez is at rank #4,066, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.ne\.
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 45281, this pair ranks #203,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dansez vs donnez
Shared letters: denz. Private to "dansez": as. Private to "donnez": o.
"dansez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "donnez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dansez" and "donnez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dansez" or "donnez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dansez" and "donnez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dansez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dansez" and "donnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dancer vs dansez". 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 #203,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.