dommage collatéral
\dɔ.maʒ kɔ.la.te.ʁal\
The verdict
“dommage collatéral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Euphémisme désignant des victimes civiles ou alliées aussi bien que des dégâts matériels lors d’opérations de guerre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dommage collatéral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.maʒ kɔ.la.te.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dommage collatéral” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dommage collatéral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.maʒ kɔ.la.te.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dommage collatéral has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dommage collatéral, spelled D-O-M-M-A-G-E- -C-O-L-L-A-T-É-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Euphémisme désignant des victimes civiles ou alliées aussi bien que des dégâts matériels lors d’opérations de guerre.
- 2Dégâts ou dommages causés involontairement ou inconsciemment.
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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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-M-M-A-G-E- -C-O-L-L-A-T-É-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.