donneravsdonneraiConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#4,323
“donnera” frequency rank
#12,766
“donnerai” frequency rank
17089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donnera donnerai
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de donner. Première personne du singulier du futur de donner.

Where the eye mixes donnera and donnerai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. donnera runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against donnerai's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
donnera
8 ch
donnerai

Why the eye confuses donnera with donnerai

A purely visual mix-up. donnera (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “donnera” sits inside “donnerai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

donnera is recorded at frequency rank #4,323, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nə.ʁa\. 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 17089, this pair ranks #384,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of donnera vs donnerai

Shared letters: adenor. Private to "donnera": -. Private to "donnerai": i.

"donnera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "donnerai" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donnera ← ddonnera · dnonera · donenra · donera · donnear · donnerra · donnrea · odnnera
  • donnerai ← ddonnerai · dnonerai · donenrai · donerai · donneari · donneria · donnerrai · donnreai

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "donnera" and "donnerai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\ versus \dɔ.n(ə.)ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "donnera" or "donnerai"?
"donnera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,323 in our French list, against #12,766 for "donnerai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "donnera" and "donnerai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "donnera" 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 #384,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnera" 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 #384,858 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