Which to use
“donnent” and “dorment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,035
- “donnent” frequency rank
- #12,551
- “dorment” frequency rank
- 14586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnent | dorment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes donnent and dorment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. donnent and dorment follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: donnent vs dorment
A purely visual mix-up. donnent (\dɔn\) and dorment (\dɔʁm\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14586, 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\. dorment is at rank #12,551, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁm\.
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 14586, this pair ranks #396,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnent vs dorment
Shared letters: denot. Private to "donnent": -. Private to "dorment": mr.
"donnent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "dorment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "donnent" and "dorment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dorment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnent" and "dorment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déforment vs dorment". 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 #396,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.