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“damné” and “damnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,376
- “damné” frequency rank
- #26,687
- “damnés” frequency rank
- 70063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damné | damnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est condamné aux peines de l’enfer, qui est puni des peines de l’enfer. | Masculin pluriel de damné. |
Where the eye mixes damné and damnés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. damné runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against damnés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between damné and damnés
A purely visual mix-up. damné (\dɑ.ne\) and damnés (\da.ne\) 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 extra letter(s) - “damné” sits inside “damnés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
damné is recorded at frequency rank #43,376, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɑ.ne\. damnés is at rank #26,687, tagged as anadj, pronounced \da.ne\.
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 70063, this pair ranks #52,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damné vs damnés
Shared letters: admné. Private to "damné": -. Private to "damnés": s.
"damné" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "damnés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "damné" and "damnés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "damné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "damnés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damné" and "damnés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damné vs damned". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.