Which to use
“done” and “donnée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,986
- “done” frequency rank
- #2,514
- “donnée” frequency rank
- 23500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | done | donnée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demoiselle, jeune dame, parfois opposé à dame. | Information sur un sujet particulier, qui, avec d’autres données, sert de base à la réflexion ou l'étude de ce sujet. |
Letter map: done vs donnée
Shared letters muted; letters that set done and donnée apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. done runs 4 letters (CVCV) against donnée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on done vs donnée
done and donnée are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
done is recorded at frequency rank #20,986, classified as anoun. 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 23500, this pair ranks #352,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of done vs donnée
Shared letters: deno. Private to "done": -. Private to "donnée": é.
"done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "donnée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- done ← ddone · dnoe · doen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "done" and "donnée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "done" or "donnée" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "done" vs "donnée" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "done" 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 #352,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "done" and "donnée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs done". 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 #352,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.