donnervsdonnerasConfusable pair

Which to use

“donner” and “donneras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#327
“donner” frequency rank
#46,115
“donneras” frequency rank
46442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donner donneras
Definition Faire un don ; transférer, sans rétribution, la propriété d’une chose que l’on possède ou dont on jouit, à une autre personne. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de donner.

Where the eye mixes donner and donneras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. donner runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against donneras's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
donner
8 ch
donneras

Look-alike desk: donner vs donneras

A purely visual mix-up. donner (\dɔ.ne\) and donneras (\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 2 extra letter(s) - “donner” sits inside “donneras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46442, 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\. donneras is at rank #46,115, 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 46442, this pair ranks #194,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of donner vs donneras

Shared letters: denor. Private to "donner": -. Private to "donneras": as.

"donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "donneras" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donnerddonner · dnoner · donenr · doner · donnerr · donnre · odnner
  • donnerasddonneras · dnoneras · donenras · doneras · donnears · donnerass · donnerras · donnersa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "donner" and "donneras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.ne\ versus \dɔ.nə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "donner" or "donneras"?
"donner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #327 in our French list, against #46,115 for "donneras". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "donner" and "donneras" 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 "donneras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donner" and "donneras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donneras vs donnerez". 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 #194,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list