damnévsdoneConfusable pair

Quick tell: damné is a adjective, done is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“damné” is an adjective and “done” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,376
“damné” frequency rank
#20,986
“done” frequency rank
64362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature damné done
Definition Qui est condamné aux peines de l’enfer, qui est puni des peines de l’enfer. Demoiselle, jeune dame, parfois opposé à dame.

Letter map: damné vs done

Shared letters muted; letters that set damné and done apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. damné runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against done's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
damné
4 ch
done

Role in the sentence - damné and done

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: damné is anadjective and doneanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64362, 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\. done is at rank #20,986, tagged as anoun.

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 64362, this pair ranks #77,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of damné vs done

Shared letters: dn. Private to "damné": amé. Private to "done": eo.

"damné" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • done ← ddone · dnoe · doen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "damné" and "done" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "damné" is an adjective and "done" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "damné" or "done" show up more?
"done" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,986 in our French list, against #43,376 for "damné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "damné" and "done".

  • Full dictionary entry for "damné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "done" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "damné" and "done" 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 #77,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list