Which to use
“dallage” and “damage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,095
- “dallage” frequency rank
- #46,096
- “damage” frequency rank
- 92191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dallage | damage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de poser des dalles ou des pavés. | Action de damer. |
Where the eye mixes dallage and damage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dallage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against damage's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dallage with damage
A purely visual mix-up. dallage (\da.laʒ\) and damage (\da.maʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dallage is recorded at frequency rank #46,095, classified as anoun, pronounced \da.laʒ\. damage is at rank #46,096, tagged as anoun, pronounced \da.maʒ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 92191, this pair ranks #3,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dallage vs damage
Shared letters: adeg. Private to "dallage": l. Private to "damage": m.
"dallage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "damage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dallage" for "damage" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dallage" or "damage" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dallage" and "damage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dallage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "damage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dallage" and "damage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dallage vs déballage". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #3,205 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.