damme
/ˈdæmi/
"damme" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“damme” is uncommon English (frequency #53,482 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,482
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expressing anger or vehemence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damme · damme · English
damme · rank #53,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,482
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH damask
Nearest frequency peer: damask (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “damme”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- CSIS
CSIS
46,526 corpus weight
- cupped
cupped
46,524 corpus weight
- damask
damask
46,520 corpus weight
- damme
damme
46,519 corpus weight
- daresay
daresay
46,517 corpus weight
- deceiver
deceiver
46,516 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “damme” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | damme |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈdæmi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “damme” in English
Rare enough to double-check
damme is uncommon English at frequency #53,482 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /ˈdæmi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expressing anger or vehemence.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for damme in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Univerbation of damn + me. The correct English form is damme, spelled D-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Expressing anger or vehemence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how damme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was ſtretched upon a ſopha—with boots on—a terrier lay on one ſide of him, and he occaſionally embraced a large hound, which licked his face and hands, while he thus addreſſed it.—“Oh! thou dear bitchy—thou beautiful bitchy—damme, if I don’t love thee better than my mother or my ſiſters.”
And now, have at the Ministry, Damme!
Etymology
Univerbation of damn + me.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).