Damme

\ˈdamə\

/\ˈdamə\/ noun

The verdict

“Damme” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,346) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#36,346
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante du datif singulier de Damm.

Corpus desk

Index FR-damme · Damme · French

Damme · rank #36,346 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,346
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuisant

Nearest frequency peer: cuisant (-1 rank slots)

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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Damme »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Damme » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Damme vs Date
60% similar
Damme vs Dave
60% similar
Damme vs damn
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Damme
PropertyValue
HeadwordDamme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdamə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,346
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Damme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Dammese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cuisant » (#36,345), « deals » (#36,347), « cuirs » (#36,344). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Damme » est au #36,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Damme is neighbouring look-alikes ("Date", "Dave", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈdamə\. Frequency #36,346 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Variante du datif singulier de Damm.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Damme, with forms such as "admme", "damem", and "ddamme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Date", "Dave", "damn", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Damme, spelled D-A-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante du datif singulier de Damm.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • admme
  • damem
  • ddamme
  • dmame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Damme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

admme2damem2ddamme1dmame2
Edit distance from "Damme"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Damme"?
"Damme" is spelled D-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdamə\.
What does "Damme" mean?
As a noun, "Damme" means: Variante du datif singulier de Damm.
What words are commonly confused with "Damme"?
"Damme" is commonly confused with "Date", "Dave", "damn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Damme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Damme" is \ˈdamə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Damme" come from?
"Damme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Damme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list