dativsDavisTell them apart

Quick tell: dati is a verb, Davis is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dati” is a verb and “Davis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
#6,491
“Davis” frequency rank
36613
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dati Davis
Definition Donner. Nom de famille anglophone.

Letter map: dati vs Davis

Shared letters muted; letters that set dati and Davis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
dati
5 ch
Davis

Role in the sentence - dati and Davis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dati is averb and Davisaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dati is recorded at frequency rank #30,122, classified as averb. Davis is at rank #6,491, tagged as aname.

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 36613, this pair ranks #268,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dati vs Davis

Shared letters: adi. Private to "dati": t. Private to "Davis": sv.

"dati" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • datiadti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai
  • Davisadvis · daivs · daviss · davsi · davvis · ddavis · dvais

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dati" and "Davis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dati" is a verb and "Davis" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "dati" or "Davis" show up more?
"Davis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,491 in our French list, against #30,122 for "dati". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "dati" and "Davis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dati" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Davis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dati" and "Davis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dati vs DCI". 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 #268,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list