Which to use
“donnais” and “donnons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,598
- “donnais” frequency rank
- #12,550
- “donnons” frequency rank
- 34148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnais | donnons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de donner. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donnais and donnons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. donnais (CVCCVVC) and donnons (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses donnais with donnons
A purely visual mix-up. donnais (\dɔ.nɛ\) and donnons (\dɔ.nɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donnais is recorded at frequency rank #21,598, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nɛ\. 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 34148, this pair ranks #285,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of donnais vs donnons
Shared letters: dnos. Private to "donnais": ai. Private to "donnons": -.
"donnais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "donnons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "donnais" and "donnons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "donnais" or "donnons" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "donnais" and "donnons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnais" 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 #285,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnais" and "donnons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnais vs Donnie". 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 #285,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.