Which to use
“dégât” and “donat” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,555
- “dégât” frequency rank
- #39,260
- “donat” frequency rank
- 63815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégât | donat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dommage, détérioration amenés par un accident ou une cause violente. | Dans l’ordre de Malte, laïque à qui le grand maître conférait la demi-croix pour services rendus à la religion. |
Where the eye mixes dégât and donat
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. dégât and donat follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dégât vs donat
A purely visual mix-up. dégât (\de.ɡa\) and donat (\dɔ.na\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégât is recorded at frequency rank #24,555, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡa\. donat is at rank #39,260, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.na\.
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 63815, this pair ranks #80,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dégât vs donat
Shared letters: dt. Private to "dégât": gâé. Private to "donat": ano.
"dégât" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "donat" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- donat ← ddonat · dnoat · doant · donatt · donnat · donta · odnat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégât" for "donat" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dégât" or "donat"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dégât" and "donat" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégât" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégât" and "donat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donat vs dotant". 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 #80,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.