Which to use
“damné” is an adjective and “dîme” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,376
- “damné” frequency rank
- #34,076
- “dîme” frequency rank
- 77452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damné | dîme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est condamné aux peines de l’enfer, qui est puni des peines de l’enfer. | Portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l’église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième. |
Where the eye mixes damné and dîme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. damné runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against dîme's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between damné and dîme
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: damné is \dɑ.ne\ while dîme is \dim\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77452, 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\. dîme is at rank #34,076, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dim\.
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 77452, this pair ranks #28,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damné vs dîme
Shared letters: dm. Private to "damné": ané. Private to "dîme": eî.
"damné" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dîme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "damné" and "dîme" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "damné" vs "dîme" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "damné" and "dîme" 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 "dîme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,327 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damné" and "dîme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damné vs damned". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #28,327 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.