Which to use
“dommage” and “dosage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,559
- “dommage” frequency rank
- #15,129
- “dosage” frequency rank
- 16688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dommage | dosage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dégât matériel ou préjudice moral. | Action de doser. |
Where the eye mixes dommage and dosage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dommage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against dosage's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dommage and dosage
A purely visual mix-up. dommage (\dɔ.maʒ\) and dosage (\dɔ.zaʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dommage is recorded at frequency rank #1,559, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.maʒ\. dosage is at rank #15,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.zaʒ\.
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 16688, this pair ranks #386,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dommage vs dosage
Shared letters: adego. Private to "dommage": m. Private to "dosage": s.
"dommage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dosage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dommage" and "dosage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dommage" or "dosage"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dommage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dosage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dommage" and "dosage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damage vs dosage". 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 #386,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.