Which to use
“donner” is a verb and “donnés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #327
- “donner” frequency rank
- #6,288
- “donnés” frequency rank
- 6615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donner | donnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un don ; transférer, sans rétribution, la propriété d’une chose que l’on possède ou dont on jouit, à une autre personne. | Masculin pluriel de donné. |
Same sound, different letters: donner vs donnés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: donner and donnés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6615, 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\. donnés is at rank #6,288, tagged as anadj, 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 6615, this pair ranks #425,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donner vs donnés
Shared letters: dno. Private to "donner": er. Private to "donnés": sé.
"donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "donnés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- donner ← ddonner · dnoner · donenr · doner · donnerr · donnre · odnner
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "donner" and "donnés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "donner" or "donnés"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "donner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donner" and "donnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnés 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
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