Which to use
“donnez” and “dormez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,066
- “donnez” frequency rank
- #17,678
- “dormez” frequency rank
- 21744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donnez | dormez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de donner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes donnez and dormez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. donnez and dormez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between donnez and dormez
A purely visual mix-up. donnez (\dɔ.ne\) and dormez (\dɔʁ.me\) 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 21744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donnez is recorded at frequency rank #4,066, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.ne\. dormez is at rank #17,678, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁ.me\.
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 21744, this pair ranks #361,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of donnez vs dormez
Shared letters: deoz. Private to "donnez": n. Private to "dormez": mr.
"donnez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dormez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "donnez" and "dormez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "donnez" or "dormez"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "donnez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dormez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donnez" and "dormez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "derme vs dormez". 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 #361,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.