# damage vs dame

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### damage
*noun · IPA \da.maʒ\ · frequency rank #46,096*
Action de damer.

### dame
*noun · IPA \dam\ · frequency rank #1,255*
Femme qui appartient à la noblesse.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/damage-vs-dame