Which to use
“donnée” is a noun and “donner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,514
- “donnée” frequency rank
- #327
- “donner” frequency rank
- 2841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnée | donner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Information sur un sujet particulier, qui, avec d’autres données, sert de base à la réflexion ou l'étude de ce sujet. | Faire un don ; transférer, sans rétribution, la propriété d’une chose que l’on possède ou dont on jouit, à une autre personne. |
Same sound, different letters: donnée vs donner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - donnée and donner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: donnée and donner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donnée is recorded at frequency rank #2,514, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.ne\. donner is at rank #327, tagged as averb, 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 2841, this pair ranks #435,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnée vs donner
Shared letters: deno. Private to "donnée": é. Private to "donner": r.
"donnée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- donner ← ddonner · dnoner · donenr · doner · donnerr · donnre · odnner
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,371 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnée" and "donner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnée vs dundee". 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 #435,371 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.