Which to use
“damier” and “Damme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,756
- “damier” frequency rank
- #36,346
- “Damme” frequency rank
- 74102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damier | Damme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plateau de jeu divisé en carreaux égaux, appelés cases, alternativement de deux couleurs différentes, comme noir et blanc, sur lesquels sont déplacées les pièces au jeu de dames ou au checkers. | Variante du datif singulier de Damm. |
Where the eye mixes damier and Damme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. damier runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against Damme's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses damier with Damme
A purely visual mix-up. damier (\da.mje\) and Damme (\ˈdamə\) 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 74102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
damier is recorded at frequency rank #37,756, classified as anoun, pronounced \da.mje\. Damme is at rank #36,346, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdamə\.
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 74102, this pair ranks #38,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damier vs Damme
Shared letters: adem. Private to "damier": ir. Private to "Damme": -.
"damier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "Damme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "damier" and "Damme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "damier" or "Damme" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "damier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Damme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damier" and "Damme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damier vs damned". 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 #38,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.