Which to use
“donnèrent” and “donneront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,728
- “donnèrent” frequency rank
- #13,770
- “donneront” frequency rank
- 43498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnèrent | donneront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de donner. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de donner. |
Where the eye mixes donnèrent and donneront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. donnèrent and donneront follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: donnèrent vs donneront
A purely visual mix-up. donnèrent (\dɔ.nɛʁ\) and donneront (\dɔ.nə.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donnèrent is recorded at frequency rank #29,728, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nɛʁ\. donneront is at rank #13,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nə.ʁɔ̃\.
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 43498, this pair ranks #217,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of donnèrent vs donneront
Shared letters: denort. Private to "donnèrent": è. Private to "donneront": -.
"donnèrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "donneront" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- donneront ← ddonneront · dnoneront · donenront · doneront · donneornt · donnernot · donneronnt · donnerontt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "donnèrent" and "donneront" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "donnèrent" or "donneront"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "donnèrent" and "donneront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnèrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "donneront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnèrent" and "donneront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donnèrent 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 #217,607 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.