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

#4,323
“donnera” frequency rank
#38,755
“donnerez” frequency rank
43078
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes donnera and donnerez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. donnera runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against donnerez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
donnera
8 ch
donnerez

Visual trap between donnera and donnerez

A purely visual mix-up. donnera (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\) and donnerez (\dɔ.nə.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43078, 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\. donnerez is at rank #38,755, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nə.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 43078, this pair ranks #220,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of donnera vs donnerez

Shared letters: denor. Private to "donnera": a. Private to "donnerez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donneraddonnera · dnonera · donenra · donera · donnear · donnerra · donnrea · odnnera
  • donnerezddonnerez · dnonerez · donenrez · donerez · donneerz · donnerezz · donnerrez · donnerze

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "donnera" and "donnerez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.nə.ʁa\ versus \dɔ.nə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "donnera" or "donnerez" show up more?
"donnera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,323 in our French list, against #38,755 for "donnerez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "donnera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donnerez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnera" and "donnerez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnerez 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 #220,790 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