damné vs digne, What's the Difference?

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set damné and digne apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

damné

5 ch

digne

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

damné#43,376

digne#3,134

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "damné" and "digne" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\dɑ.ne\ versus \diɲ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "damné" or "digne"?

"digne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,134 in our French list, against #43,376 for "damné". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering damné vs digne

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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