donnerezvsdonniezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,755
“donnerez” frequency rank
#49,603
“donniez” frequency rank
88358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donnerez donniez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de donner. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de donner.

Where the eye mixes donnerez and donniez

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

8 ch
donnerez
7 ch
donniez

Visual trap between donnerez and donniez

A purely visual mix-up. donnerez (\dɔ.nə.ʁe\) and donniez (\dɔ.nje\) 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 88358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

donnerez is recorded at frequency rank #38,755, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nə.ʁe\. donniez is at rank #49,603, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.nje\.

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 88358, this pair ranks #7,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of donnerez vs donniez

Shared letters: denoz. Private to "donnerez": r. Private to "donniez": i.

"donnerez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "donniez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donnerez ← ddonnerez · dnonerez · donenrez · donerez · donneerz · donnerezz · donnerrez · donnerze
  • donniez ← ddonniez · dnoniez · doniez · doninez · donneiz · donniezz · donnize · odnniez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "donnerez" for "donniez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\dɔ.nə.ʁe\ versus \dɔ.nje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "donnerez" or "donniez"?
"donnerez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,755 in our French list, against #49,603 for "donniez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "donnerez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donniez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donnerez" and "donniez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Donnie 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 #7,096 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