Which to use
“dinner” and “donnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,254
- “dinner” frequency rank
- #2,514
- “donnée” frequency rank
- 41768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dinner | donnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Repas principal du jour. Dîner. | Information sur un sujet particulier, qui, avec d’autres données, sert de base à la réflexion ou l'étude de ce sujet. |
Where the eye mixes dinner and donnée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dinner with donnée
A purely visual mix-up. dinner (\ˈdɪn.ɚ\) and donnée (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dinner is recorded at frequency rank #39,254, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdɪn.ɚ\. donnée is at rank #2,514, tagged as anoun, 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 41768, this pair ranks #230,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dinner vs donnée
Shared letters: den. Private to "dinner": ir. Private to "donnée": oé.
"dinner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "donnée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dinner ← ddinner · dinenr · dinnerr · dinnre · dniner · idnner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dinner" and "donnée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dinner" vs "donnée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dinner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dinner" and "donnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dindes vs dinner". 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 #230,647 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.