Which to use
“damier” is a noun and “damned” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,756
- “damier” frequency rank
- #48,446
- “damned” frequency rank
- 86202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damier | damned |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Damné. |
Where the eye mixes damier and damned
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. damier (CVCVVC) and damned (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between damier and damned
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: damier is \da.mje\ while damned is \ˈdæmd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86202, 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\. damned is at rank #48,446, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈdæmd\.
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 86202, this pair ranks #10,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damier vs damned
Shared letters: adem. Private to "damier": ir. Private to "damned": n.
"damier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "damned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "damier" for "damned" ever safe?
Frequency check: "damier" vs "damned" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "damier" and "damned" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "damier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "damned" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damier" and "damned" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damné 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 #10,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.