# damage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #1,329

## Definitions
1. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
2. Cost or expense.

## Etymology
From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed). Cognate with Spanish daño.

## Easily confused with
- **dame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damage-vs-dame)
- **dosage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damage-vs-dosage)
- **damaged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damage-vs-damaged)
- **damages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damage-vs-damages)

## Common misspellings (8)
`admage`, `daamge`, `damaeg`, `damagge`, `damgae`, `dammage`, `ddamage`, `dmaage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/damage