Which to use
“damned” and “damnés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,446
- “damned” frequency rank
- #26,687
- “damnés” frequency rank
- 75133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | damned | damnés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Damné. | Masculin pluriel de damné. |
Where the eye mixes damned and damnés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. damned and damnés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses damned with damnés
A purely visual mix-up. damned (\ˈdæmd\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
damned is recorded at frequency rank #48,446, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈdæmd\. 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 75133, this pair ranks #35,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of damned vs damnés
Shared letters: admn. Private to "damned": e. Private to "damnés": sé.
"damned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "damnés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- damned ← admned · damend · dammned · damnde · damnedd · damnned · danmed · ddamned
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "damned" for "damnés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "damned" vs "damnés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "damned" 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 #35,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "damned" and "damnés" 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 #35,041 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.