dammam
\da.mam\
The verdict
“dammam” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné en Iran à un tambour cérémonial à deux faces en peau de chèvre, plus large que haut, qu'on appelle davul ailleurs en Asie Mineure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dammam · dammam · French
dammam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dammam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.mam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dammam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.mam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné en Iran à un tambour cérémonial à deux faces en peau de chèvre, plus large que haut, qu'on appelle davul ailleurs en Asie Mineure.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dammam, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dammam, spelled D-A-M-M-A-M.
Definition
- 1Nom donné en Iran à un tambour cérémonial à deux faces en peau de chèvre, plus large que haut, qu'on appelle davul ailleurs en Asie Mineure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dammam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le dammam se joue debout. Une courroie de cuir attachée au cadre passe sur l'épaule gauche du joueur. L'instrument est suspendu horizontalement, ou légèrement en oblique, au-dessus de la taille, sur le côté gauche du corps.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.