Which to use
“donnaient” and “donnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,453
- “donnaient” frequency rank
- #2,035
- “donnent” frequency rank
- 16488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnaient | donnent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de donner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donnaient and donnent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. donnaient runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVCC) against donnent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: donnaient vs donnent
A purely visual mix-up. donnaient (\dɔ.nɛ\) and donnent (\dɔn\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donnaient is recorded at frequency rank #14,453, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nɛ\. donnent is at rank #2,035, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔn\.
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 16488, this pair ranks #387,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnaient vs donnent
Shared letters: denot. Private to "donnaient": ai. Private to "donnent": -.
"donnaient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "donnent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "donnaient" and "donnent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "donnaient" or "donnent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "donnaient" and "donnent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnaient" and "donnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominaient vs donnaient". 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 #387,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.