Which to use
“donnée” and “donneur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,514
- “donnée” frequency rank
- #14,247
- “donneur” frequency rank
- 16761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnée | donneur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Information sur un sujet particulier, qui, avec d’autres données, sert de base à la réflexion ou l'étude de ce sujet. | Celui qui donne. |
Where the eye mixes donnée and donneur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. donnée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against donneur's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses donnée with donneur
A purely visual mix-up. donnée (\dɔ.ne\) and donneur (\dɔ.nœʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16761, 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\. donneur is at rank #14,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.nœʁ\.
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 16761, this pair ranks #386,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnée vs donneur
Shared letters: deno. Private to "donnée": é. Private to "donneur": ru.
"donnée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "donneur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- donneur ← ddonneur · dnoneur · donenur · doneur · donneru · donneurr · donnuer · odnneur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "donnée" and "donneur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "donnée" vs "donneur" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donneur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnée" and "donneur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donneur vs dormeur". 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 #386,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.