Which to use
“donner” and “donnera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #327
- “donner” frequency rank
- #4,323
- “donnera” frequency rank
- 4650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donner | donnera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un don ; transférer, sans rétribution, la propriété d’une chose que l’on possède ou dont on jouit, à une autre personne. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donner and donnera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses donner with donnera
A purely visual mix-up. donner (\dɔ.ne\) and donnera (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “donner” sits inside “donnera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donner is recorded at frequency rank #327, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.ne\. donnera is at rank #4,323, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nə.ʁa\.
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 4650, this pair ranks #431,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donner vs donnera
Shared letters: denor. Private to "donner": -. Private to "donnera": a.
"donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "donnera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donner" for "donnera" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "donner" or "donnera" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "donner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,050 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donner" and "donnera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnera vs donneras". 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 #431,050 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.