damier

/\da.mje\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,756

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

damier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Plateau de jeu divisé en carreaux égaux, appelés cases, alternativement de deux couleurs différentes, comme noir et blanc, sur lesquels sont déplacées les pièces au jeu de dames ou au checkers. Pronounced \da.mje\. Often confused with demie and dater.

Key facts for damier
PropertyValue
Headworddamier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\da.mje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,756
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of damier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for damier is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \da.mje\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,756 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for damier, with forms such as "admier", "daimer", and "dameir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "demie", "dater", "Damme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is damier, spelled D-A-M-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plateau de jeu divisé en carreaux égaux, appelés cases, alternativement de deux couleurs différentes, comme noir et blanc, sur lesquels sont déplacées les pièces au jeu de dames ou au checkers.
  2. 2
    Surface divisée régulièrement en carrés contigus et alternés, de deux couleurs ou de deux teintes de la même couleur.
  3. 3
    Ville dont la totalité ou une partie des rues sont perpendiculaires.
  4. 4
    Quadrillage, surface, espace, couvert de parties ou de parcelles de petite taille.
  5. 5
    Présentation de données sous forme de tableau.
  6. 6
    Nom vernaculaire d’oiseaux dont la livrée rappelle le dessin d’un jeu de dames, tels le synallaxe damier (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus) et le capucin damier (Lonchura punctulata), deux espèces de passereaux.
  7. 7
    Genre monospécifique de grand oiseau pélagique noir et blanc de la famille des procellariidés (e.g. puffins, pétrels, etc.) dont l’unique représentant, le damier du Cap, se retrouve dans tous les océans de l’hémisphère Sud (Daption capensis).
  8. 8
    Nom commun de papillons dont la livrée rappelle le dessin d’un jeu de dames.
  9. 9
    Coquillage marqueté de carrés de diverses couleurs.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: admier,daimer,dameir,damierr,damire,dammier,ddamier,dmaier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for damier

Misspelling Variants of "damier"

admier6daimer6dameir6damierr7damire6dammier7ddamier7dmaier6
Misspelling Variants of "damier"

Frequency rank: #37,756 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "damier"?
"damier" is spelled D-A-M-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \da.mje\.
What does "damier" mean?
As a noun, "damier" means: Plateau de jeu divisé en carreaux égaux, appelés cases, alternativement de deux couleurs différentes, comme noir et blanc, sur lesquels sont déplacées les pièces au jeu de dames ou au checkers.
What words are commonly confused with "damier"?
"damier" is commonly confused with "demie", "dater", "Damme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "damier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "damier" is \da.mje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "damier" come from?
"damier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.