# damn

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdæm/ · frequency rank #845

## Definitions
1. To condemn.
2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
5. To curse; put a curse upon.
6. To invoke damnation; to curse.

## Etymology
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).

## Easily confused with
- **DM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dm)
- **day** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-day)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-don)
- **dan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dan)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-den)
- **dem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dem)
- **dom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dom)
- **das** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-das)
- **dim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dim)
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-din)
- **dat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dat)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dun)
- **dar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dar)
- **DMV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dmv)
- **dum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dum)
- **DSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dsm)
- **DAW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-daw)
- **Dax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dax)
- **DMs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dms)
- **dao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dao)

## Common misspellings (6)
`admn`, `dammn`, `damnn`, `danm`, `ddamn`, `dman`

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