donde vs donner, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“donde” is an adverb and “donner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,273
“donde” frequency rank: #41,960
“donner” frequency rank: 55233
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	donde	donner
Definition	pelo que; daí se conclui:	dar

Letter map: donde vs donner

Shared letters muted; letters that set donde and donner apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

donde

6 ch

donner

Grammar separator: donde vs donner

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: donde is anadverb and donneraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

donde is recorded at frequency rank #13,273, classified as anadv. donner is at rank #41,960, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.ne\.

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 55233, this pair ranks #10,723 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of donde vs donner

Shared letters: deno. Private to "donde": -. Private to "donner": r.

"donde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "donner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

donde ← ddonde · dnode · dodne · dondde · doned · donnde · odnde
donner ← ddonner · dnoner · donenr · doner · donnerr · donnre · odnner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "donde" and "donner" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "donde" is an adverb and "donner" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "donde" vs "donner" - which ranks higher?

"donde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,273 in our Portuguese list, against #41,960 for "donner". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "donde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "donner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #10,723 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"donde" and "donner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "done vs donner". 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 #10,723 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.