Which to use
“donne” is a noun and “douée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #326
- “donne” frequency rank
- #15,357
- “douée” frequency rank
- 15683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donne | douée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de donner, de distribuer les cartes, dans un jeu de cartes. | Féminin singulier de doué. |
Where the eye mixes donne and douée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between donne and douée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: donne is \dɔn\ while douée is \dwe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donne is recorded at frequency rank #326, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔn\. douée is at rank #15,357, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dwe\.
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 15683, this pair ranks #391,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donne vs douée
Shared letters: deo. Private to "donne": n. Private to "douée": ué.
"donne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "douée" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- donne ← ddonne · dnone · donen · odnne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donne" for "douée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "donne" vs "douée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "donne" and "douée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donne" and "douée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dorure vs douée". 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 #391,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.