Which to use
“dominait” and “donnait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,375
- “dominait” frequency rank
- #5,238
- “donnait” frequency rank
- 37613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominait | donnait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de dominer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes dominait and donnait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dominait runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against donnait's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dominait vs donnait
A purely visual mix-up. dominait (\dɔ.mi.nɛ\) and donnait (\dɔ.nɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominait is recorded at frequency rank #32,375, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.mi.nɛ\. donnait is at rank #5,238, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nɛ\.
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 37613, this pair ranks #261,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dominait vs donnait
Shared letters: adinot. Private to "dominait": m. Private to "donnait": -.
"dominait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "donnait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dominait" and "donnait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dominait" or "donnait" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominait" and "donnait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominaient vs dominait". 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 #261,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.