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

#4,323
“donnera” frequency rank
#46,115
“donneras” frequency rank
50438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donnera donneras
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de donner. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de donner.

Same sound, different letters: donnera vs donneras

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. donnera runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against donneras's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
donnera
8 ch
donneras

Ear matches; page differs - donnera and donneras

This is the hard kind. donnera and donneras are pronounced identically (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “donnera” sits inside “donneras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50438, 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\. 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 50438, this pair ranks #162,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of donnera vs donneras

Shared letters: adenor. Private to "donnera": -. Private to "donneras": s.

"donnera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "donneras" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donneraddonnera · dnonera · donenra · donera · donnear · donnerra · donnrea · odnnera
  • donnerasddonneras · dnoneras · donenras · doneras · donnears · donnerass · donnerras · donnersa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "donnera" and "donneras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "donnera" or "donneras"?
"donnera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,323 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.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "donnera" 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 #162,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnera" 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 #162,635 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