dommages et intérêts
\dɔ.ma.ʒ‿e ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“dommages et intérêts” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indemnité qui est due à quelqu’un pour le préjudice qu’on lui a causé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dommages et intérêts |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ma.ʒ‿e ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dommages et intérêts” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dommages et intérêts is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.ma.ʒ‿e ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indemnité qui est due à quelqu’un pour le préjudice qu’on lui a causé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dommages et intérêts in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dommages et intérêts, spelled D-O-M-M-A-G-E-S- -E-T- -I-N-T-É-R-Ê-T-S.
Definition
- 1Indemnité qui est due à quelqu’un pour le préjudice qu’on lui a causé.
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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Using “dommages et intérêts”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-O-M-M-A-G-E-S- -E-T- -I-N-T-É-R-Ê-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ma.ʒ‿e ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.