Which to use
“donnent” is a verb and “donnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,035
- “donnent” frequency rank
- #6,288
- “donnés” frequency rank
- 8323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnent | donnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. | Masculin pluriel de donné. |
Where the eye mixes donnent and donnés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. donnent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against donnés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between donnent and donnés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: donnent is \dɔn\ while donnés is \dɔ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donnent is recorded at frequency rank #2,035, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔn\. donnés is at rank #6,288, tagged as anadj, 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 8323, this pair ranks #420,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnent vs donnés
Shared letters: dno. Private to "donnent": et. Private to "donnés": sé.
"donnent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "donnés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- donnent ← ddonnent · dnonent · donennt · donent · donnennt · donnentt · donnetn · donnnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donnent" for "donnés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "donnent" or "donnés"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnent" and "donnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnés vs donniez". 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 #420,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.