Which to use
“donner” and “donnerai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #327
- “donner” frequency rank
- #12,766
- “donnerai” frequency rank
- 13093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donner | donnerai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un don ; transférer, sans rétribution, la propriété d’une chose que l’on possède ou dont on jouit, à une autre personne. | Première personne du singulier du futur de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donner and donnerai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. donner runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against donnerai's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between donner and donnerai
A purely visual mix-up. donner (\dɔ.ne\) and donnerai (\dɔ.n(ə.)ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “donner” sits inside “donnerai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13093, 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\. donnerai is at rank #12,766, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.n(ə.)ʁe\.
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 13093, this pair ranks #402,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donner vs donnerai
Shared letters: denor. Private to "donner": -. Private to "donnerai": ai.
"donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "donnerai" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "donner" for "donnerai" ever safe?
Which is more common, "donner" or "donnerai"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "donner" and "donnerai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnerai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donner" and "donnerai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnerai 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 #402,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.