damner

\dɑ.ne\

/\dɑ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“damner” is uncommon French (frequency #72,236 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,236
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condamner aux peines de l’enfer, punir des peines de l’enfer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-damner · damner · French

damner · rank #72,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,236
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH daller

Nearest frequency peer: daller (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « damner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « damner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for damner
PropertyValue
Headworddamner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɑ.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « damner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).damnertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « daller » (#72,235), « Dalian » (#72,234), « Deanna » (#72,238). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « damner » est au #72,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

damner is uncommon French at frequency #72,236 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dɑ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for damner, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is damner, spelled D-A-M-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Condamner aux peines de l’enfer, punir des peines de l’enfer.
  2. 2
    Rendre digne des peines de l’enfer.
  3. 3
    Déclarer une personne digne des peines de l’enfer.
  4. 4
    Ce qui cause beaucoup d’impatience ou dont on est extrêmement tourmenté.
  5. 5
    S’exposer à être damné, à mériter les peines de l’enfer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how damner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dieu damnera les méchants.
  2. Elle revint habillée d’un tailleur noir, hyper-sexy, la veste bâillant sur une poitrine à damner un intégriste.

This word in other languages

damn(English)

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 "damner"?
"damner" is spelled D-A-M-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ.ne\.
What does "damner" mean?
As a verb, "damner" means: Condamner aux peines de l’enfer, punir des peines de l’enfer.
How do you pronounce "damner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "damner" is \dɑ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "damner" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

daller#72,235Dalian#72,234Deanna#72,238Daigle#72,233

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list