Which to use
“donnent” and “donnez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,035
- “donnent” frequency rank
- #4,066
- “donnez” frequency rank
- 6101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnent | donnez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donnent and donnez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. donnent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against donnez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: donnent vs donnez
A purely visual mix-up. donnent (\dɔn\) and donnez (\dɔ.ne\) 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 6101, 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\. donnez is at rank #4,066, 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 6101, this pair ranks #427,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnent vs donnez
Shared letters: deno. Private to "donnent": t. Private to "donnez": z.
"donnent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "donnez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "donnent" and "donnez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "donnent" vs "donnez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "donnez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,172 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnent" and "donnez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnez 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 #427,172 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.