Which to use
“donjons” is a noun and “donnons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,130
- “donjons” frequency rank
- #12,550
- “donnons” frequency rank
- 42680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donjons | donnons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de donjon. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donjons and donnons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. donjons and donnons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: donjons vs donnons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: donjons is \dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\ while donnons is \dɔ.nɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - j in “donjons” becomes n in “donnons”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donjons is recorded at frequency rank #30,130, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ̃.ʒɔ̃\. donnons is at rank #12,550, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nɔ̃\.
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 42680, this pair ranks #223,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of donjons vs donnons
Shared letters: dnos. Private to "donjons": j. Private to "donnons": -.
"donjons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "donnons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donjons" for "donnons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "donjons" vs "donnons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "donjons" and "donnons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donjons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donjons" and "donnons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dindons vs donjons". 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 #223,766 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.