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

#4,323
“donnera” frequency rank
#16,112
“donnerais” frequency rank
20435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donnera donnerais
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de donner. Première personne du singulier du conditionnel du verbe donner.

Where the eye mixes donnera and donnerais

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. donnera runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against donnerais's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
donnera
9 ch
donnerais

Look-alike desk: donnera vs donnerais

A purely visual mix-up. donnera (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\) and donnerais (\dɔn.ʁɛ\) 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) - “donnera” sits inside “donnerais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20435, 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\. donnerais is at rank #16,112, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔn.ʁɛ\.

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 20435, this pair ranks #368,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of donnera vs donnerais

Shared letters: adenor. Private to "donnera": -. Private to "donnerais": is.

"donnera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "donnerais" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donneraddonnera · dnonera · donenra · donera · donnear · donnerra · donnrea · odnnera
  • donneraisddonnerais · dnonerais · donenrais · donerais · donnearis · donneraiss · donnerasi · donnerias

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "donnera" and "donnerais" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\ versus \dɔn.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "donnera" or "donnerais"?
"donnera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,323 in our French list, against #16,112 for "donnerais". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "donnera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donnerais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #368,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnera" and "donnerais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnerais 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 #368,282 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