donneravsdonneursWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: donnera is a verb, donneurs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“donnera” is a verb and “donneurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,323
“donnera” frequency rank
#17,117
“donneurs” frequency rank
21440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donnera donneurs
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de donner. Pluriel de donneur.

Where the eye mixes donnera and donneurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
donnera
8 ch
donneurs

Why the eye confuses donnera with donneurs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: donnera is \dɔ.nə.ʁa\ while donneurs is \dɔ.nœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21440, 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\. donneurs is at rank #17,117, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.nœʁ\.

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 21440, this pair ranks #363,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of donnera vs donneurs

Shared letters: denor. Private to "donnera": a. Private to "donneurs": su.

"donnera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "donneurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donneraddonnera · dnonera · donenra · donera · donnear · donnerra · donnrea · odnnera
  • donneursddonneurs · dnoneurs · donenurs · doneurs · donnerus · donneurrs · donneurss · donneusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "donnera" for "donneurs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "donnera" is a verb and "donneurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "donnera" or "donneurs"?
"donnera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,323 in our French list, against #17,117 for "donneurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "donneurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #363,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnera" and "donneurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donneras vs donneurs". 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 #363,160 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