donnéevsdundeeConfusable pair

Which to use

“donnée” and “dundee” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,514
“donnée” frequency rank
#49,606
“dundee” frequency rank
52120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donnée dundee
Definition Information sur un sujet particulier, qui, avec d’autres données, sert de base à la réflexion ou l'étude de ce sujet. Deux-mâts possédant une queue de malet, utilisé pour la pêche au thon.

Where the eye mixes donnée and dundee

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
donnée
6 ch
dundee

Look-alike desk: donnée vs dundee

A purely visual mix-up. donnée (\dɔ.ne\) and dundee (\dɛ̃.de\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52120, 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\. dundee is at rank #49,606, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃.de\.

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 52120, this pair ranks #150,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of donnée vs dundee

Shared letters: den. Private to "donnée": . Private to "dundee": u.

"donnée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "dundee" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dundeeddundee · dnudee · dudnee · dunddee · dunde · dunede · dunndee · udndee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "donnée" and "dundee" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.ne\ versus \dɛ̃.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "donnée" or "dundee" show up more?
"donnée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,514 in our French list, against #49,606 for "dundee". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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 "dundee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnée" and "dundee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dindes 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 #150,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list