Which to use
“damné” and “digne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,376
- “damné” frequency rank
- #3,134
- “digne” frequency rank
- 46510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damné | digne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est condamné aux peines de l’enfer, qui est puni des peines de l’enfer. | Qui mérite quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes damné and digne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. damné and digne follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses damné with digne
A purely visual mix-up. damné (\dɑ.ne\) and digne (\diɲ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46510, 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\. digne is at rank #3,134, tagged as anadj, pronounced \diɲ\.
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 46510, this pair ranks #194,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of damné vs digne
Shared letters: dn. Private to "damné": amé. Private to "digne": egi.
"damné" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "digne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- digne ← ddigne · dgine · digen · diggne · dignne · dinge · idgne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "damné" for "digne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "damné" or "digne"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "damné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damné" and "digne" 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 #194,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.