Which to use
“donner” and “donniez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #327
- “donner” frequency rank
- #49,603
- “donniez” frequency rank
- 49930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donner | donniez |
|---|---|---|
| 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 pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donner and donniez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. donner runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against donniez's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between donner and donniez
A purely visual mix-up. donner (\dɔ.ne\) and donniez (\dɔ.nje\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49930, 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\. donniez is at rank #49,603, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nje\.
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 49930, this pair ranks #166,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of donner vs donniez
Shared letters: deno. Private to "donner": r. Private to "donniez": iz.
"donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "donniez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "donner" and "donniez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "donner" or "donniez"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "donner" and "donniez" 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 "donniez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donner" and "donniez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Donnie 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
Confusion rank #166,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.